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Do you guys celebrate the NFL?
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-(crew laughing)
-Yeah? Somebody?
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Nobody? I...
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So, here's the thing.
I don't...
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obviously, I haven't watched
American football my whole life.
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I don't really understand
American football
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and, like, its rules.
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Because I saw that
Aaron Rodgers got fined,
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like, for his...
for violating COVID protocols.
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It was, like,
$15,000 or something.
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But then I also saw
another player got fined, like,
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for not tucking in his shirt,
and his fine was, like,
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20-something thousand dollars.
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Did you see this?
What is it, 26?
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Thought it was...
Yeah, either way,
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$15,000 and $20,000,
the one guy violated COVID,
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The other guy didn't tuck in
his shirt.
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Like, I thought that CTE was
just an issue with the players,
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but now I feel like
even in leadership
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there are some guys
are just like, "Aw, my head."
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"Yeah, $20,000 for that guy."
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I mean...
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What's that?
I just got fined by the NFL?
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We kick things off with YouTube,
the place to go
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if you want to be radicalized
but are too lazy to read.
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They're about to make
a big change to the site,
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and if you don't like it,
there's no way to tell them.
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YouTube is going to start hiding
the dislike count below videos.
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That means when you hit the
thumbs-down button below a video
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the person who made that video
will still be able to see that,
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but the total number of dislikes
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won't be displayed
to the public.
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YouTube says this is all
in an effort to promote
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a more respectful relationship
between creators and viewers.
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Apparently,
groups of viewers are targeting
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a video's dislike button
to drive up the count,
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turning it into something like a
game with a visible scoreboard.
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And it's usually
just because they don't like
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the creator
or what they stand for.
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Yeah, finally.
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This is a great move
from YouTube.
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You shouldn't be able
to bully people on YouTube
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with the dislike button.
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That's what the comments
are for.
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You know? I like the comments.
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You can't just click a button,
you've got to make an effort.
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You've got to open up
the comment box
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and you've got
to type something, you know?
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You've got to tell the creator
to stab themselves
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with a rusty screwdriver.
Effort!
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And by the way, I like
that YouTube is doing this,
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but you know what's
going to happen here, right?
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I mean, getting rid
of the thumbs-down button
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isn't going to solve anything.
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Trolls are too creative.
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What's going to happen now is,
the first comment on every video
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is just going to say,
"Thumbs down,"
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and then that's going to get
10,000 thumbs-up.
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If you ask me, I don't even know
why they ever had
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a dislike button on YouTube.
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Like, how are you going
to dislike a free video?
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It's free, you asshole!
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The only response you should be
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"Thank you for this free thing."
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Don't be like,
"I don't like it." It's free!
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Don't tell me your opinions
on free shit.
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Oh, speaking
of the dislike button,
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let's move on to politics.
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As various
high-profile Republicans
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begin to think about running
for president in 2024,
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one of their biggest
considerations is what to do
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about the man who thinks
he won the election in 2020,
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Donald J. Trump.
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Because that's basically what
Trump is gonna be running on.
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You realize that, right?
He was cheated the last time,
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so that means he deserves
another four years
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or maybe 30 years as president.
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But it turns out
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who is brave or stupid enough
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to stand in his way.
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Political blows
from Chris Christie
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and former
President Donald Trump.
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It started with comments
the ex-New Jersey governor
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made over the weekend
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at the Republican
Jewish Coalitions conference.
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Christie called on Republicans
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to move past
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that the 2020 election
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We can no longer talk
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and the past elections.
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NEWSMAN:
And now former President Trump
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is slapping back.
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"Chris Christie
was just absolutely massacred
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"by his statements
that Republicans have to move on
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"from the past,
meaning the 2020 election fraud.
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"Everybody remembers
that Chris left New Jersey
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"with a less than nine percent
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They didn't want
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NEWSMAN 2:
Chris Christie then responded
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in an interview with Axios.
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Look, I-I'm not gonna
get into a back-and-forth
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with Donald Trump,
but what I will say is this.
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When I ran for reelection
in 2013,
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I got 60% of the vote.
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When he ran for reelection,
he lost to Joe Biden.
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Uh, something tells me
you are going
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to get into a back-and-forth
with Donald Trump.
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I like how he's like,
"I'm not going gonna
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get into a back-and-forth,
but let me tell you my shit."
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This dude is taking a rock
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to a hornet's nest
and being like,
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"I don't want to get in a thing
here, but..." (grunts)
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And, look, I do get
Chris Christie's point, right?
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He wants the party
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to talk about Joe Biden's
current failures,
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not about how China
used mind control
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to delete Trump votes in Georgia
or whatever the new story is.
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But telling Donald Trump
to stop obsessing
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over the 2020 results
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is like telling Gollum
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or a bracelet or something.
It's not gonna happen.
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Here's the thing. If Christie
wants to play this smart,
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this is what he's got to do.
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He shouldn't tell Trump
that he lost the election.
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He should agree with Trump
that he won the election.
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Yeah. Because then he can say,
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"Look, Donald,
I would love to support you,
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but you've already served
two terms."
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And then Trump's mind
would be blown. He'd be like,
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"Wait, I won?
Then I'm the president now.
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"That means... I'm Joe Biden?
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But that's a bunch of malarkey."
(gasps)
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All right, let's move on
because there's one story
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that is dominating our lives
today and probably forever:
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coronavirus.
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And we've got
all the latest updates
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in another installment
of Keeping Up with Corona.
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For over a year now,
everyone has been asking
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two questions
about the corona pandemic.
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One:
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do masks make everyone's breath
smell like shit or just mine?
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And two:
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if those thermometer guns
really work,
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then why did we
take our temperature
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up our butts all those years?
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Oh, and there's-there's
actually another question
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that everyone
has been wondering.
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When is the pandemic
finally going to be over?
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Well, with COVID cases
now stalling
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at a pretty high level,
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it is looking
more and more likely
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that COVID may stay
with us forever.
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Yeah. Like that uncle
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who said he was
just passing through town
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and then 20 years later
still has your room.
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Now, luckily for America,
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the pandemic will probably
never be as deadly as it was
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thanks to vaccines.
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So you still have COVID
but not the deaths.
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'Cause America
has more than enough vaccines
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for every man, woman and child
who doesn't listen to Joe Rogan.
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In fact, the United States
has so many vaccines
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that they finally decided
to make it rain
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on the rest of the world.
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NEWSWOMAN: Now the U.S.
is aiming to send more doses
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of the COVID vaccine
to people living
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in conflict zones
around the world.
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They include the Democratic
Republic of Congo,
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South Sudan and Yemen.
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Reports say Secretary of State
Antony Blinken
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announced a deal
between Johnson & Johnson
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and the COVAX
vaccine sharing program.
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Blinken says that less
than 2% of the population
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living in conflict zones
are vaccinated.
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America is sending
the Johnson & Johnson vaccine
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to conflict zones?
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Hasn't Yemen been through
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I mean, it's-it's bad enough
that poor countries get T-shirts
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from the losing Super Bowl team,
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but now, now they have to get
the third-place vaccine?
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By the way,
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you-you know how MAGA people
are always at their rallies
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with the T-shirts
that say "Trump won"?
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Do you ever wonder,
did they get the T-shirts
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that were supposed
to go to Africa?
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(man chuckles)
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Maybe they were like,
"No, no, keep them here."
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Maybe when the shipping
shut down, they were like,
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"We can't send them to Africa,"
and they were like,
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"All right, we'll wear them.
It's fine. We'll wear them.
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We got this."
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And people in Africa were like,
"Aw!
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So no one won and nobody lost."
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Anyway, look, I know
there are a lot of reasons
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why it's better to send J&J
to conflict zones
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than Moderna or Pfizer, right?
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It's easier to transport,
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and you don't need to depend
on people being able
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to come back for a second shot.
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But I wouldn't be surprised
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if there were some American
officials who were like,
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"Well, we're not gonna waste
the good vaccines
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"on someone who's just gonna
step on a landmine tomorrow.
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Am I right, fellas?"
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And, look, it is a good thing.
Don't get me wrong.
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I mean, the last thing
a conflict zone needs
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is corona on top of that.
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The only downside of this
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is that now you might get people
who are incentivized
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to come to the conflict zone
just to get a vaccine.
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I hope that doesn't happen.
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'Cause, next thing you know,
there's gonna be people
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from Nigeria interviewing
to join the Taliban.
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"So, tell me, why do you want
to join our glorious cause?"
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"Oh, predominantly
for the health benefits
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"and, uh, oh, also, death
to America, of course, huh?
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"If that helps my application,
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you can put that in as well."
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So, it's good that more
and more people around the world
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are getting vaccinated.
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But the problem is
it might not be enough.
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Because it turns out
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people aren't the only ones
who are spreading the 'rona.
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NEWSWOMAN:
There's a study that reveals
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that deer are a widespread
carrier of COVID-19.
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A study researched
the North American population
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of white-tailed deer,
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and researchers say
as much as 80%
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of the 445,000 Iowa population
may carry the virus.
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NEWSWOMAN 2: Potentially bigger
problems loom down the road.
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Questions still remain
about COVID's effect
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on deer populations,
and we don't know yet
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if the virus
could survive with the deer
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and then mutate
and infect people then, too.
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I knew it.
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I knew that, one day,
the deer would get their revenge
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for what we did to Bambi's mom.
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And I don't know about you, but
I was shocked when I heard this.
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'Cause I didn't think
that deer could get COVID.
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I mean, I thought
they had herd immunity.
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(scatting)
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Ha-ha! Ha-ha!
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My man.
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But now scientists are worried
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that corona might mutate
in the deer
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and jump back into us humans.
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And you might be thinking,
"Trevor, come on.
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"It's not like humans
are hanging out with the deer.
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We'll be fine." Yeah, yeah.
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That's what we said
before that guy banged a bat.
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Look at us now.
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And we all agree- it was Batman
who did that, right?
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It was probably Batman.
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I mean,
who else has a thing for bats?
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He's doing things in that cave.
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And I know we don't want
to talk about this
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because he's our hero,
but think about it, people.
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Think about it.
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If you want
the crime-fighting Batman,
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you got to take
the bat (bleep) Batman.
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It's a package deal.
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All right, and, finally,
we've talked a lot
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about how the pandemic
is causing labor shortages
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around the country.
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I mean, it's the reason
why these days,
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when you go
to the drive-through,
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you have to spit
in your own food.
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But now, labor shortages
are even threatening
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the Jeff Bezos
of The North Pole: Santa.
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NEWSMAN: And staff shortages
are hitting The North Pole.
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Department store Santas
are in short supply this season
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due to COVID concerns.
One report found
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the number of available Santas
is down 15%.
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NEWSWOMAN: Hire Santa
helps people find and hire
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Santa's Helpers
around the world for parties,
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mall appearances and more.
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It is a, uh, dramatic shortage.
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And we are already, uh, sold out
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across the country
on several dates in December.
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NEWSWOMAN:
Before the pandemic,
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Hire Santa said
demand was already tight,
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but after losing some Santas
to COVID-19,
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some retiring, and some
concerned about COVID-19,
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it's led to a pinch on Santas
this holiday season.
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Yeah, people,
this is not surprising.
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Of course Santa got COVID.
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He spends half his time
around unvaccinated children,
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and the other half around deer.
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I mean, the solution to
this problem is pretty obvious.
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If you want more Santas,
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then you've got
to offer them more money.
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Hell, if you raise
the pay enough,
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you may even get the real Santa
to sign up.
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I mean, that man has spent
a thousand years getting paid
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in cookies and milk.
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A job at the mall--
that's a huge step up.
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For more on this,
I want to bring in
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our very own Ronny Chieng,
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who's looking
into this story at a local mall.
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Ronny, when you look at...
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Wait. Why are you
in a Santa suit, Ronny?
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Uh, because I'm applying
to be a mall Santa.
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There's a shortage right now.
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Don't you listen
to your own show?
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Yeah, I know
there's a shortage.
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And that's why
I sent you to the mall.
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I just didn't think you would
want to be a mall Santa.
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Yeah, why not?
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You get to sit down all day,
you get a free winter jacket,
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you can buy oxy
from the girl at the Hot Topic.
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It's a great job.
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Yeah, Ronny, Ronny, like,
here's what I'm saying.
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I just don't think
that you would be right
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-as a mall Santa, you know?
-Why not?
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Well, I don't know.
Like, Santa has a certain...
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Like, how do I put this?
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Like, when you think of Santa,
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you don't think
of a guy like you.
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Uh-huh, uh-huh. Oh.
Oh, what-what are you saying?
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I can't be Santa
because I'm Asian?
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Because
I'm a handsome Asian man?
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That's racist, man.
In 2021?
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But thank you for
the compliment. (clears throat)
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No, no, Ronny. I'm...
No, no, I didn't say that.
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I said, you can't be Santa,
like...
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Because you're a dick, Ronny.
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All right, Santa needs
to be nice to kids,
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and you're not nice to...
people of any age.
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What are you talking about, man?
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I'm fine with kids!
I'll prove it.
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Look, look, act like
you're a kid, okay? Let's...
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Let's just role-play
for a second, okay?
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Tell-tell me what you want
for Christmas.
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-Um... -Tell me what you want.
Come on!
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Oh, okay. Um...
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(as child):
Oh, Santa, I want a fire truck
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and a Nintendo Switch.
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(sputters)
Man, (bleep) you, kid.
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I don't even have
a Nintendo Switch!
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Ask your parents. They're the
ones getting you all this shit.
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You see? Ronny, this is
the shit I'm talking about.
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Okay, okay, okay,
yeah, you know what?
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Uh, actually a good point.
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But, uh, while I'm here, I'm
just gonna go eat free samples
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at the food court until they
call security. So, peace out.
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All right, well, good luck with
that, but don't talk to kids.
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And bring me back some of those
little Cinnabons, please.
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-Oh. (mumbles)
-Yeah.
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Don't complain about the stuff,
as well. It's free.
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All right, when we come back,
Desi Lydic will take a look
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at the veterans
America should never forget.
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You don't want to miss it.
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Welcome back to The Daily Show.
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Women's contributions in history
often get overlooked.
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So to solve the problem,
we turn to Desi Lydic
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for a special
Veterans Day edition
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of not His-tory,
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but of Hist-Her-y.
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♪ ♪
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A lot of people think
America's first female soldier
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was Demi Moore in G.I. Jane,
which is not true.
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Although she was
the first Marine
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to strip her way
through West Point.
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The truth is, there
have been women fighting wars
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since the beginning of America.
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During the Revolutionary War,
Deborah Sampson was
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the first known woman to enlist.
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And to do so,
she had to pose as a man,
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which had its ups and downs.
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On the one hand, she had
to put herself in grave danger.
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On the other hand, she didn't
have to wear a corset anymore,
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which, if you ask me,
is worth risking your life for.
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And Sampson
didn't just fight in the war.
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She kicked ass.
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She led a raid
that captured 15 men.
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That's right,
a woman took down 15 men
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without the help
of Ronan Farrow.
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In the Civil War, another woman
named Malinda Blalock
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also posed as a man to enlist.
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It's weird that America
doesn't know her story,
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because she fought
for the Confederacy.
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You'd think there'd be statues
of her all over.
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But Blalock was secretly
a Union sympathizer
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trying to desert
the Confederates
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and escape up north.
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But before she could,
she was shot in the shoulder
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and discovered as a woman
by an army doctor.
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That's a huge sacrifice,
because as soon as your doctor
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realizes you're a woman,
all your premiums go up.
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After Blalock was discharged
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for the crime
of having a vagina,
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she escaped to Tennessee
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and joined up
with the Union army,
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helping it to win the Civil War,
end slavery
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and defeat racism in America
once and for all.
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At least, that's
what my nephew's textbook says.
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He goes to school in Texas.
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By World War I,
woman didn't have
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to Drag Race their way
into service.
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They were actually allowed
to enlist.
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In 1918, Opha May Johnson
was the first woman
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to join
the Unite States Marine Corps
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along with 300 other women.
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And they came to be known
as the marinettes.
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Although, to their credit,
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Marine officials distanced
themselves from that nickname.
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Probably because "marinette"
sounds less like soldiers
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and more like a dance troupe
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that does high kicks
on the battlefield,
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which is really just giving
the enemy
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unrealistic expectations of what
their legs should look like.
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By World War II, women weren't
just fighting on the ground.
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They were taking to the skies.
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America had a shortage
of pilots,
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so women were trained
to fly military aircrafts.
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These women were known as WASPs,
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which stood for Women
Air Force Service Pilots
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and not, as many believe,
Wet Ass Service Pilots.
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This is just another example
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of women getting to step up
during the war
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to do jobs previously reserved
for men.
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Flying planes. Playing baseball.
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Women even had to fill in
for mansplainers.
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00:16:44,388 --> 00:16:46,357
See, the reason
they call it World War II
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is because it's the second one.
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00:16:47,959 --> 00:16:50,094
It's a math thing.
You wouldn't understand.
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I got to go hammer some shit.
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World War II saw
another first for women
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when Charity Adams Earley
became
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the first African American
female Army officer
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and led the first battalion
of Black women
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to be stationed overseas.
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Which means,
without her inspiration,
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we never would have had
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Beyoncé's
Super Bowl halftime show.
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00:17:08,479 --> 00:17:10,181
Earley was given
the daunting task
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of delivering airplane hangars
full of undelivered mail
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to the soldiers fighting
in Europe.
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And she did such an amazing job
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that she was eventually promoted
to lieutenant colonel,
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which, back then,
was the highest rank
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a woman was allowed to have,
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just above HBIC and girlboss.
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But not every woman
fighting in World War II
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was as visible as Army officers
and Air Force pilots,
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and, in one case,
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that was on purpose.
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00:17:33,904 --> 00:17:37,541
Virginia Hall was one of the
Allies' most important spies.
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She recruited
resistance fighters,
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directed them
to the Allied invasion,
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rescued 12 fellow agents out
of an internment camp,
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and she did it all
with a peg leg.
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00:17:47,084 --> 00:17:50,087
You kidding me? I take
a sick day when I stub my toe.
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00:17:50,221 --> 00:17:53,357
The Nazis called Hall "the
enemies' most dangerous spy."
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00:17:53,457 --> 00:17:55,126
But she was
more affectionately known
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as the Limping Lady of Lyon.
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And she gathered intelligence
from everywhere--
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from nuns to brothel owners--
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basically anyone
who spanks men with a ruler.
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00:18:04,035 --> 00:18:07,171
Hall was truly a master
of espionage,
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like James Bond without
all the pouting and STDs.
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00:18:10,675 --> 00:18:13,778
But it wasn't all sunshine
and jet fuel for women veterans.
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The families of the women
who died while serving
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didn't get any survivor benefits
or burial expenses.
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And the women
who made it through the war
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didn't even get veteran status
until the late '70s.
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Which is so messed up.
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00:18:25,923 --> 00:18:27,858
Also, if you're not
an official veteran, your dog
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doesn't get excited when
you surprise him by coming home.
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00:18:31,195 --> 00:18:33,564
-(dog whines)
-Barely even looks up.
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So this Veterans Day,
we salute the women
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who have kept America safe.
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They paved the way for all
the brave women fighting today.
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And the ones
who will fight in the future
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once the robot apocalypse
kicks off.
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And they also inspired me...
490
00:18:48,212 --> 00:18:50,548
to avoid the line
for the women's bathroom.
491
00:18:50,648 --> 00:18:53,017
♪ ♪
492
00:18:53,117 --> 00:18:54,618
Thank you so much, Desi.
When we come back,
493
00:18:54,719 --> 00:18:56,220
the legendary Will Smith
will be joining me
494
00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:58,623
right here on the show.
You don't want to miss it.
495
00:19:00,191 --> 00:19:01,459
Welcome back to The Daily Show.
496
00:19:01,559 --> 00:19:03,527
My guest tonight is an
Academy Award-nominated actor,
497
00:19:03,627 --> 00:19:05,296
producer and musician.
498
00:19:05,396 --> 00:19:07,565
He goes by the name Will Smith,
and he is here to talk
499
00:19:07,665 --> 00:19:09,900
about his new film King Richard
500
00:19:10,000 --> 00:19:12,536
and his highly anticipated
memoir.
501
00:19:12,636 --> 00:19:14,238
-Oh, okay, okay.
-WOMAN: Yeah.
502
00:19:14,338 --> 00:19:16,207
Y-You all need to look around?
503
00:19:16,307 --> 00:19:17,875
You can check
on in the cupboards.
504
00:19:17,975 --> 00:19:19,543
Maybe you can go check
under the beds
505
00:19:19,643 --> 00:19:21,378
to make sure
there's no monsters.
506
00:19:21,479 --> 00:19:23,314
It's a little wet for practice,
don't you think?
507
00:19:23,414 --> 00:19:24,715
Don't the girls
have schoolwork to do?
508
00:19:24,815 --> 00:19:28,486
They do their homework.
Tunde's first in her class.
509
00:19:28,586 --> 00:19:30,287
Lyn and Isha are, too.
510
00:19:30,387 --> 00:19:33,724
RICHARD: That's right.
Girls, spell "civilization."
511
00:19:33,824 --> 00:19:37,628
GIRLS:
C-I-V-I-L-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N.
512
00:19:37,728 --> 00:19:39,830
-Oh, Mr. Williams, this is
really not necessary. -Hold on.
513
00:19:39,930 --> 00:19:42,032
Hold on.
You want to check on the kids?
514
00:19:42,133 --> 00:19:44,235
Let's check on the kids.
515
00:19:44,335 --> 00:19:46,036
Will Smith, welcome to the show.
516
00:19:46,137 --> 00:19:47,938
Oh, good to...
good to be here, man.
517
00:19:48,038 --> 00:19:49,807
-Appreciate y'all.
-Do you enjoy watching that?
518
00:19:49,907 --> 00:19:52,476
Oh, my goodness. It's,
like, Richard Williams, man.
519
00:19:52,576 --> 00:19:55,246
You know, he is such a unique,
520
00:19:55,346 --> 00:19:58,816
um, and-and powerful man.
521
00:19:58,916 --> 00:20:02,920
He is... he is, uh,
so many different things,
522
00:20:03,020 --> 00:20:05,289
-Right. -and you love him
or hate him, you know.
523
00:20:05,389 --> 00:20:09,226
But his-his daughters
and his family just,
524
00:20:09,326 --> 00:20:11,595
they-they revere this man.
525
00:20:11,695 --> 00:20:13,264
And, you know,
that was the thing
526
00:20:13,364 --> 00:20:16,100
that was so interesting to me,
because he's been vilified
527
00:20:16,200 --> 00:20:18,769
-and villainized publicly.
-Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
528
00:20:18,869 --> 00:20:22,173
But the love in his family
is spectacular.
529
00:20:22,273 --> 00:20:23,941
There is something
to playing somebody
530
00:20:24,041 --> 00:20:27,978
in a way that doesn't provide
a caricature of them,
531
00:20:28,079 --> 00:20:29,847
-Mm-hmm.
-but shows you their character.
532
00:20:29,947 --> 00:20:32,183
-Yes, yes. -and that's what I
really enjoyed about this film
533
00:20:32,283 --> 00:20:34,318
is, you know,
we often hear about dads
534
00:20:34,418 --> 00:20:36,454
who are, like, you know,
ultracompetitive,
535
00:20:36,554 --> 00:20:38,689
they want their kids to succeed
at all costs or whatever.
536
00:20:38,789 --> 00:20:40,691
But I know,
before I watched the movie,
537
00:20:40,791 --> 00:20:42,693
I didn't know the full extent
of Richard Williams.
538
00:20:42,793 --> 00:20:44,628
I knew Venus and Serena.
I was, like, I know their dad,
539
00:20:44,729 --> 00:20:46,197
but I was like,
oh, he's one of those dads.
540
00:20:46,297 --> 00:20:48,332
-But he wasn't one of
those dads. -He really is not.
541
00:20:48,432 --> 00:20:50,401
No, he was a dad who was trying
to create excellence,
542
00:20:50,501 --> 00:20:53,070
-but he did it in a unique way.
-He did it in a very unique way,
543
00:20:53,170 --> 00:20:58,843
and it was so different
from what I expected him to be.
544
00:20:58,943 --> 00:21:01,579
You know,
I have hundreds of hours
545
00:21:01,679 --> 00:21:06,550
-of film and audio on him.
-Oh, wow, wow, wow.
546
00:21:06,650 --> 00:21:09,920
So I was able to track him over,
you know, almost two decades
547
00:21:10,020 --> 00:21:13,290
of interviews and things
like that, and his book,
548
00:21:13,391 --> 00:21:16,727
and his entire family
was involved with the process.
549
00:21:16,827 --> 00:21:22,199
And I asked Venus, I was like,
"What did... what did he do?"
550
00:21:22,299 --> 00:21:25,936
And she said it was almost like
a Jedi mind trick, right?
551
00:21:26,036 --> 00:21:28,939
Because he never pushed them
to play tennis.
552
00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:31,108
When they were in trouble,
their punishment was
553
00:21:31,208 --> 00:21:33,377
-that they couldn't play tennis.
-Right.
554
00:21:33,477 --> 00:21:35,946
And they would be itching
and scratching and clawing,
555
00:21:36,046 --> 00:21:38,916
"Please, Daddy, let us play,
please let us practice."
556
00:21:39,016 --> 00:21:42,520
And he had figured out
a way that, you know,
557
00:21:42,620 --> 00:21:44,855
tennis was fourth or fifth
558
00:21:44,955 --> 00:21:48,526
on the list
of their family priorities.
559
00:21:48,626 --> 00:21:53,531
-Wow. -They were using tennis
to cultivate family
560
00:21:53,631 --> 00:21:56,801
and to cultivate, um,
561
00:21:56,901 --> 00:22:01,705
you know, human beings
to go into the world and serve.
562
00:22:01,806 --> 00:22:05,009
We've seen you play
real people in films.
563
00:22:05,109 --> 00:22:07,845
-Yeah. -You know, we've watched
you on these journeys, you know,
564
00:22:07,945 --> 00:22:10,114
whether it's Ali, whether
it's Pursuit of Happyness,
565
00:22:10,214 --> 00:22:12,883
you know, we see you inhabit
people's lives.
566
00:22:12,983 --> 00:22:14,685
-Yeah. -We see you inhabit
who they are.
567
00:22:14,785 --> 00:22:16,854
And I wonder how much of them
now sticks with you.
568
00:22:16,954 --> 00:22:18,956
Do you feel like
you're part of the family now?
569
00:22:19,056 --> 00:22:21,726
Yeah, absolutely. It's, uh...
570
00:22:21,826 --> 00:22:25,396
You know, Serena walked
onto the set, you know,
571
00:22:25,496 --> 00:22:27,832
and I was fully in character,
572
00:22:27,932 --> 00:22:30,134
and she was like, "Dad?"
573
00:22:30,234 --> 00:22:32,636
-(laughing)
-You know I was, like... (gasps)
574
00:22:32,737 --> 00:22:34,004
(laughing)
575
00:22:34,105 --> 00:22:36,273
Um, but, you know, it's...
576
00:22:36,373 --> 00:22:38,142
you know, when you... when
you do these types of things
577
00:22:38,242 --> 00:22:40,111
-that are about people's lives,
-Yeah.
578
00:22:40,211 --> 00:22:43,080
and... it wipes away
every other desire
579
00:22:43,180 --> 00:22:46,684
other than wanting to please
the family.
580
00:22:46,784 --> 00:22:49,420
-Oh, okay. -If you make a movie
about somebody's life
581
00:22:49,520 --> 00:22:52,289
and they don't like it,
it is horrific.
582
00:22:52,389 --> 00:22:53,824
-Has that ever happened to you?
-Uh, no.
583
00:22:53,924 --> 00:22:55,159
-Well, you-you know, I mean...
-(laughs)
584
00:22:55,259 --> 00:22:56,594
-Oh, you're saying
theoretically. -I'm saying,
585
00:22:56,694 --> 00:22:58,129
-you know, theoretically.
-You're like, "Theoretically,
586
00:22:58,229 --> 00:22:59,430
-for these other actors..."
-Hypothetically. Right. Yeah.
587
00:22:59,530 --> 00:23:01,165
-(laughs) -"If you mess it up,
it's bad for you.
588
00:23:01,265 --> 00:23:03,501
I'm Will Smith. I mean..."
(laughs)
589
00:23:03,601 --> 00:23:05,870
No, but I felt like...
Uh, you know, I felt like that
590
00:23:05,970 --> 00:23:08,005
-every time I-I go into this.
-Right. You feel the weight.
591
00:23:08,105 --> 00:23:10,408
You feel the weight of it.
It's, like, somebody's life,
592
00:23:10,508 --> 00:23:13,711
and you're going to, you know,
commit it to screen.
593
00:23:13,811 --> 00:23:15,446
And, uh, Venus and Serena,
594
00:23:15,546 --> 00:23:18,682
they agreed
to be executive producers,
595
00:23:18,783 --> 00:23:20,851
and they were with the project
all the way through,
596
00:23:20,951 --> 00:23:22,486
but they were withholding
597
00:23:22,586 --> 00:23:24,755
whether or not they were gonna
put their name on the film
598
00:23:24,855 --> 00:23:26,924
-until after they saw it.
-Wow.
599
00:23:27,024 --> 00:23:28,125
-You know.
-That's pressure.
600
00:23:28,225 --> 00:23:29,460
Yeah,
that was a lot of pressure,
601
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:30,661
-you know.
-Yeah, that's pressure.
602
00:23:30,761 --> 00:23:34,632
I feel like this story
was amplified
603
00:23:34,732 --> 00:23:37,501
by your experience
with your father,
604
00:23:37,601 --> 00:23:40,037
-and I say that having read
your book now. -Oh, for sure.
605
00:23:40,137 --> 00:23:42,106
-Yeah. -You get what I'm saying?
Congratulations, by the way.
606
00:23:42,206 --> 00:23:43,774
-Thank you, thank you.
Thank you. -Congratulations.
607
00:23:43,874 --> 00:23:48,145
Um, many people can live
a-a really fantastic life.
608
00:23:48,245 --> 00:23:49,413
Many people can write
a great book.
609
00:23:49,513 --> 00:23:50,915
There are few people
who I think can translate
610
00:23:51,015 --> 00:23:52,583
a fantastic life
into a fantastic book.
611
00:23:52,683 --> 00:23:54,018
-I think that's what you've done
here. -Oh, thank you, man.
612
00:23:54,118 --> 00:23:55,619
-For real. Because it's-it's...
-I love that.
613
00:23:55,719 --> 00:23:58,722
It's raw. It's-it's confusing
to many because...
614
00:23:58,823 --> 00:24:00,057
You say it in the book.
615
00:24:00,157 --> 00:24:03,027
-Mm-hmm. -Will Smith
consists of two people.
616
00:24:03,127 --> 00:24:05,062
-Yeah. -The Will Smith
that we all know and love
617
00:24:05,162 --> 00:24:07,131
and then the Will Smith
that that character
618
00:24:07,231 --> 00:24:09,600
-was created to protect. Right.
-Protect. Absolutely.
619
00:24:09,700 --> 00:24:10,901
And yet what I find
620
00:24:11,001 --> 00:24:12,737
is people are reading excerpts
from the book,
621
00:24:12,837 --> 00:24:14,572
and they're like, "Will Smith
wanted to kill his father?
622
00:24:14,672 --> 00:24:16,006
-Will Smith..."
-(laughing)
623
00:24:16,107 --> 00:24:17,641
"Will Smith and Jada
were gonna break up?
624
00:24:17,742 --> 00:24:20,277
Will Smith thought his kids
were disappointed in him?"
625
00:24:20,377 --> 00:24:23,214
And I'm like, "Are you reading
the book? Are you...?"
626
00:24:23,314 --> 00:24:25,249
So, let-let's start
at the beginning.
627
00:24:25,349 --> 00:24:28,586
You know what it's like
to be raised by a father
628
00:24:28,686 --> 00:24:31,889
who's not perfect but also
pushes you towards perfection.
629
00:24:31,989 --> 00:24:34,225
-Absolutely. -When you were
portraying Richard Williams,
630
00:24:34,325 --> 00:24:35,993
were there aspects of you
631
00:24:36,093 --> 00:24:38,162
that were maybe even
understanding your dad more?
632
00:24:38,262 --> 00:24:39,730
-Yeah. -Was there compassion
that was building
633
00:24:39,830 --> 00:24:41,932
that goes
with that-that disappointment
634
00:24:42,032 --> 00:24:43,334
that you sometimes felt in him?
635
00:24:43,434 --> 00:24:44,869
You know,
I was working on the memoir
636
00:24:44,969 --> 00:24:48,239
while I was doing King Richard.
637
00:24:48,339 --> 00:24:50,007
-Oh, I didn't know that. Okay.
-And the, you know...
638
00:24:50,107 --> 00:24:53,944
So, the picture
of myself and my father
639
00:24:54,044 --> 00:24:56,313
and Richard Williams
was all blending
640
00:24:56,414 --> 00:24:59,650
into, you know,
a process of growth
641
00:24:59,750 --> 00:25:01,285
-and evolution and revelation.
-Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
642
00:25:01,385 --> 00:25:05,022
Um, and a big part
643
00:25:05,122 --> 00:25:07,058
of being able to understand
Richard Williams
644
00:25:07,158 --> 00:25:09,326
was in my understanding
of my father.
645
00:25:09,427 --> 00:25:10,594
You know, that, you know,
646
00:25:10,694 --> 00:25:14,131
-post-World War II generation
Black man. -Yes.
647
00:25:14,231 --> 00:25:18,035
You know, that knows how to do
everything with their hands.
648
00:25:18,135 --> 00:25:20,838
You know, they got the toolbox,
and they can fix the...
649
00:25:20,938 --> 00:25:22,239
-fix the refrigerator.
-You're building that wall.
650
00:25:22,339 --> 00:25:23,707
-Yeah, right. Exactly.
-You're building that wall.
651
00:25:23,808 --> 00:25:25,810
You know, that was the thing
with-with my father.
652
00:25:25,910 --> 00:25:28,813
Wanted us to be able
to do things with our hands.
653
00:25:28,913 --> 00:25:32,249
-Yes. -Richard Williams was
very, uh, similar in that way.
654
00:25:32,349 --> 00:25:34,718
Um, and then the process,
for me,
655
00:25:34,819 --> 00:25:37,088
of questioning my own parenting
656
00:25:37,188 --> 00:25:40,758
-and developing and growing
with my own parenting. -Huh.
657
00:25:40,858 --> 00:25:44,128
What I learned and grew into,
658
00:25:44,228 --> 00:25:47,064
which was a transformation
for me with Richard Williams,
659
00:25:47,164 --> 00:25:51,035
is Richard Williams was aligned
660
00:25:51,135 --> 00:25:54,739
with what his daughters
wanted to do.
661
00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:57,508
He was following them
where they wanted to go,
662
00:25:57,608 --> 00:26:00,878
and he was pushing them
where they already wanted to go.
663
00:26:00,978 --> 00:26:04,181
And that was a very subtle
but very critical difference
664
00:26:04,281 --> 00:26:06,550
that I was able to, you know,
665
00:26:06,650 --> 00:26:09,453
make that adjustment
in-in my parenting.
666
00:26:09,553 --> 00:26:11,756
The book Will, I would say,
667
00:26:11,856 --> 00:26:15,793
is one of the most anticipated
and yet unexpected memoirs
668
00:26:15,893 --> 00:26:17,128
-that has...
that has ever come out. -Mm-hmm.
669
00:26:17,228 --> 00:26:19,597
Because for so long,
you've been an enigma.
670
00:26:19,697 --> 00:26:20,731
-Yeah.
-You know?
671
00:26:20,831 --> 00:26:22,400
Wait, man,
you can't say that on TV.
672
00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:23,734
(laughing)
673
00:26:23,834 --> 00:26:25,603
Are you crazy?
674
00:26:25,703 --> 00:26:27,304
-You-You've been...
-You an enigma, too.
675
00:26:27,405 --> 00:26:28,672
(laughing)
676
00:26:28,773 --> 00:26:30,741
(laughs)
677
00:26:30,841 --> 00:26:32,276
But-but, for real, you've been--
you've been the guy
678
00:26:32,376 --> 00:26:33,544
who's, like-like...
679
00:26:33,644 --> 00:26:35,813
-It's-it's Will Smith,
but it's like... -Mm-hmm.
680
00:26:35,913 --> 00:26:37,214
We see you in the black suit.
681
00:26:37,314 --> 00:26:38,749
-We see you flashing the eyes,
you know? -Yeah. (laughs)
682
00:26:38,849 --> 00:26:40,851
We see you running down that--
screaming down the bridge
683
00:26:40,951 --> 00:26:41,952
with the shirt open.
684
00:26:42,052 --> 00:26:43,354
-You-You're running.
-In slo-mo.
685
00:26:43,454 --> 00:26:45,089
-In slo-mo, too, with the...
-I mean, you...
686
00:26:45,189 --> 00:26:46,190
-...with the cape billowing.
-The shirt and the thing.
687
00:26:46,290 --> 00:26:47,458
-Do you know what I mean?
-Yeah.
688
00:26:47,558 --> 00:26:49,460
-Like, we-we know
that Will Smith. -Yeah.
689
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,529
And then we see you at the
premiere, and it's you and Jada.
690
00:26:51,629 --> 00:26:53,664
You know? And it's-it's
the kids and it's everything.
691
00:26:53,764 --> 00:26:55,332
It feels like there's been a...
692
00:26:55,433 --> 00:26:57,668
like a-- literally a,
you know, A.D.
693
00:26:57,768 --> 00:26:59,270
-and B.C. period in your life,
you know? -Mm-hmm.
694
00:26:59,370 --> 00:27:02,540
There's-there's
before Will reveals himself...
695
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:04,909
-Mm-hmm. -...and there's
everything we're living in now.
696
00:27:05,009 --> 00:27:07,845
-Yeah, yeah. -And-and the book
feels like that.
697
00:27:07,945 --> 00:27:09,880
You know? It-it feels
like you've gone,
698
00:27:09,980 --> 00:27:11,615
"All right, I'm gonna--
I'm gonna take you
699
00:27:11,715 --> 00:27:13,250
-behind the scenes." -I'll
tell you behind the scenes.
700
00:27:13,350 --> 00:27:14,452
-Right. Absolutely.
-Which we've done in movies.
701
00:27:14,552 --> 00:27:15,986
-We've never done
with your life. -Yes. Yeah.
702
00:27:16,087 --> 00:27:17,655
A big part of my motivation
703
00:27:17,755 --> 00:27:21,559
was I felt like I have, um...
704
00:27:21,659 --> 00:27:25,229
experienced enough
and reflected enough
705
00:27:25,329 --> 00:27:28,232
um, you know, suffered enough
706
00:27:28,332 --> 00:27:31,402
that my, uh, advice
could be valuable.
707
00:27:31,502 --> 00:27:33,237
-Okay, okay.
-Right? You know?
708
00:27:33,337 --> 00:27:38,375
So the-the things
that I now understand
709
00:27:38,476 --> 00:27:41,145
were, you know, cultivated
710
00:27:41,245 --> 00:27:43,013
in-in the battlefield.
711
00:27:43,114 --> 00:27:45,382
-Right. Right. Survival. -You
know? It's-- Yeah, survival.
712
00:27:45,483 --> 00:27:47,685
Yeah, we're not--
You know, when-when I'm talking
713
00:27:47,785 --> 00:27:49,820
about something,
I'm not talking about theory.
714
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,823
-I'm talking about tested,
um, experience. -Right.
715
00:27:52,923 --> 00:27:56,594
So, I-I feel like...
716
00:27:56,694 --> 00:28:00,264
And-and not that who I was
w-wasn't true.
717
00:28:00,364 --> 00:28:01,866
It's-- You know,
that i-- that is true.
718
00:28:01,966 --> 00:28:04,468
It's just not the whole story.
719
00:28:04,568 --> 00:28:06,070
-Yeah.
-And so, for me, I just wanted
720
00:28:06,170 --> 00:28:09,540
to take the filter off for...
721
00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:11,375
I guess, two reasons.
722
00:28:11,475 --> 00:28:14,311
-Uh, one, I thought
it's more helpful. -Right.
723
00:28:14,412 --> 00:28:16,781
You know,
for somebody who wants to,
724
00:28:16,881 --> 00:28:20,284
uh, build their life, for
somebody who wants to follow,
725
00:28:20,384 --> 00:28:24,021
um, and do some of the things
that-that I've done,
726
00:28:24,121 --> 00:28:26,991
it's more helpful
if I tell you the truth.
727
00:28:27,091 --> 00:28:28,492
-Right?
-I like that. Okay.
728
00:28:28,592 --> 00:28:33,230
You know? And then
the other part of it is...
729
00:28:33,330 --> 00:28:35,666
I-I get to be more free.
730
00:28:35,766 --> 00:28:38,803
It's like a-a whole weight
is lifted
731
00:28:38,903 --> 00:28:41,472
that I don't have to be perfect,
732
00:28:41,572 --> 00:28:43,274
that I'm allowed
to be imperfect.
733
00:28:43,374 --> 00:28:45,376
I'm allowed to put on 30 pounds
734
00:28:45,476 --> 00:28:47,511
-during the pandemic, you know?
-(laughs)
735
00:28:47,611 --> 00:28:49,146
I'm allowed to do all of that.
736
00:28:49,246 --> 00:28:51,348
Um, and, you know,
737
00:28:51,449 --> 00:28:55,119
there-there's a certain, um...
738
00:28:55,219 --> 00:28:57,822
-emotional invincibility...
-Mm-hmm.
739
00:28:57,922 --> 00:29:00,558
...that is being cultivated
740
00:29:00,658 --> 00:29:02,193
that, uh, I just love.
741
00:29:02,293 --> 00:29:05,596
I love not being swayed
by people's opinions.
742
00:29:05,696 --> 00:29:08,032
When you talk in the book, I-I
love that you've been careful
743
00:29:08,132 --> 00:29:09,467
to tell your stories.
744
00:29:09,567 --> 00:29:10,968
-I know this from writing
my book. I made sure. -Yes.
745
00:29:11,068 --> 00:29:12,403
I was like--
I talked to my mom. I was like,
746
00:29:12,503 --> 00:29:13,871
-"Hey, are you cool with me
writing this?" -"Are you--" Yes.
747
00:29:13,971 --> 00:29:15,172
-Absolutely. -And I was like,
"These are my stories
748
00:29:15,272 --> 00:29:17,241
or the stories that you can find
in the press." I'm not--
749
00:29:17,341 --> 00:29:20,177
-I'm not telling anybody else's
story in that way. -Absolutely.
750
00:29:20,277 --> 00:29:21,879
-Which is really hard.
-You-- Yeah. You-You've been
751
00:29:21,979 --> 00:29:23,748
-really good with that,
respecting Jada in this. -Yes.
752
00:29:23,848 --> 00:29:26,083
-Yes. Absolutely. -And-and
Jada's got Red Table Talk,
753
00:29:26,183 --> 00:29:27,852
and then you've got--
Do you guys ever, like,
754
00:29:27,952 --> 00:29:29,520
fight about it that way?
Do you ever go like,
755
00:29:29,620 --> 00:29:30,788
"Hey, you can't say that there"
756
00:29:30,888 --> 00:29:32,056
or "You--
How can you say that there?"
757
00:29:32,156 --> 00:29:34,191
Or do you ever feel
like you have to negotiate
758
00:29:34,291 --> 00:29:36,127
where the boundary exists?
759
00:29:36,227 --> 00:29:39,029
So what I did was a, uh...
760
00:29:39,130 --> 00:29:41,031
a two-week book camp
761
00:29:41,132 --> 00:29:43,300
right before I finished
the book.
762
00:29:43,401 --> 00:29:44,568
So I had written it.
763
00:29:44,668 --> 00:29:47,838
And I called everybody
I talk about in the book
764
00:29:47,938 --> 00:29:49,707
and brought them down to Miami.
765
00:29:49,807 --> 00:29:52,510
And, for two weeks,
I read everybody every word
766
00:29:52,610 --> 00:29:54,578
that I said about 'em.
767
00:29:54,678 --> 00:29:56,781
And it was a--
768
00:29:56,881 --> 00:30:00,818
an extremely powerful, uh,
769
00:30:00,918 --> 00:30:03,154
therapy session,
going through this stuff.
770
00:30:03,254 --> 00:30:05,589
-Wow. -My mother and I
had never talked
771
00:30:05,689 --> 00:30:09,026
about my-my father's abuse.
772
00:30:09,126 --> 00:30:10,561
-Wow.
-And it was the first time...
773
00:30:10,661 --> 00:30:13,764
-You guys had never talked...
-We had never talked about it.
774
00:30:13,864 --> 00:30:16,100
We had never... Not one time.
775
00:30:16,200 --> 00:30:17,902
-So...
-And I'm-I'm fifty...
776
00:30:18,002 --> 00:30:19,670
-I was 52 at the time.
-This is wild, Will.
777
00:30:19,770 --> 00:30:22,973
And I read her the chapter,
and that was the first time
778
00:30:23,074 --> 00:30:25,576
that we ever...
we ever discussed it.
779
00:30:25,676 --> 00:30:28,646
-And she said, "Go ahead."
-And yeah, she was... You know.
780
00:30:28,746 --> 00:30:30,514
First of all, she was shocked.
She couldn't believe
781
00:30:30,614 --> 00:30:32,349
that my young mind
had processed it.
782
00:30:32,450 --> 00:30:34,418
-Oh, wow.
-In-in... in that way.
783
00:30:34,518 --> 00:30:36,954
But it was so cathartic,
784
00:30:37,054 --> 00:30:39,023
and reading everything.
785
00:30:39,123 --> 00:30:43,594
And, you know, I got through
a couple of chapters
786
00:30:43,694 --> 00:30:46,464
with-with Jada,
and, you know, she...
787
00:30:46,564 --> 00:30:49,366
she said,
"I want you to tell your story.
788
00:30:49,467 --> 00:30:54,238
I don't want to dilute
what your experience was."
789
00:30:54,338 --> 00:30:55,906
-Mm-hmm.
-And she said... Well, you know,
790
00:30:56,006 --> 00:30:57,508
of course I was
having a completely
791
00:30:57,608 --> 00:30:58,876
-different experience.
-Right, right, right.
792
00:30:58,976 --> 00:31:01,612
But she said,
"I want you to be free
793
00:31:01,712 --> 00:31:04,415
to-to tell your story."
794
00:31:04,515 --> 00:31:05,750
This relates to,
like, everything
795
00:31:05,850 --> 00:31:07,118
-that the media consumes.
-Yup.
796
00:31:07,218 --> 00:31:09,053
There's an element of like, um,
797
00:31:09,153 --> 00:31:10,588
it's almost like
a piranha fish syndrome
798
00:31:10,688 --> 00:31:12,156
-that happens online, you know?
-Yup. Mm-hmm.
799
00:31:12,256 --> 00:31:13,657
Once there's blood in the water,
they want to... they want
800
00:31:13,758 --> 00:31:15,126
to keep eating at a thing
until they gnaw it
801
00:31:15,226 --> 00:31:16,627
-to the bone.
-Yeah. Exactly.
802
00:31:16,727 --> 00:31:18,629
Sometimes it'll feel like people
are trying to make it, like,
803
00:31:18,729 --> 00:31:20,631
"Oh, Jada's coming for Will. You
see what she said about Will?"
804
00:31:20,731 --> 00:31:22,900
-Right. -They take her words
out of context.
805
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,235
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -They write
headlines that don't match
806
00:31:24,335 --> 00:31:25,569
-what the people are saying.
-Absolutely.
807
00:31:25,669 --> 00:31:26,971
I get angry 'cause I watch,
and then I'm like,
808
00:31:27,071 --> 00:31:29,006
"That's not what you said."
You know what I mean?
809
00:31:29,106 --> 00:31:31,108
As a couple,
you have to protect yourselves
810
00:31:31,208 --> 00:31:34,645
-because you are a couple.
Any family unit does. -Right.
811
00:31:34,745 --> 00:31:36,414
But-but is there a part of you
that goes like,
812
00:31:36,514 --> 00:31:37,715
"You know what?
We're going to shut this down.
813
00:31:37,815 --> 00:31:39,116
-We're not going
to say anything"? -Mm-hmm.
814
00:31:39,216 --> 00:31:41,185
Or-or have you taken a different
approach? Do you go like,
815
00:31:41,285 --> 00:31:43,220
"No, this is what we're doing
and how we're going to do it"?
816
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:45,456
So, there-there's...
817
00:31:45,556 --> 00:31:49,894
there's nothing to really
protect ourselves from.
818
00:31:49,994 --> 00:31:53,164
-Mm.
-Right? It's like...
819
00:31:53,264 --> 00:31:54,865
-The malice.
-The malice.
820
00:31:54,965 --> 00:31:56,233
None of that, you don't?
821
00:31:56,333 --> 00:31:58,269
So, that only speaks
822
00:31:58,369 --> 00:32:02,106
to other people's level
823
00:32:02,206 --> 00:32:04,742
of consciousness
824
00:32:04,842 --> 00:32:08,946
and a lack of loving kindness
825
00:32:09,046 --> 00:32:12,616
-on their part that doesn't say
anything about us. -Okay.
826
00:32:12,716 --> 00:32:15,886
-Right? So our job
as a couple... -Mm-hmm.
827
00:32:15,986 --> 00:32:19,523
and our job as individuals is
to purify our hearts
828
00:32:19,623 --> 00:32:22,393
as much as we possibly can
829
00:32:22,493 --> 00:32:26,130
to never do that
to other human beings.
830
00:32:26,230 --> 00:32:27,998
-I hear you.
-To not add to the chaos,
831
00:32:28,099 --> 00:32:30,034
and to not add to the darkness
832
00:32:30,134 --> 00:32:32,136
and to figure out
as much as possible
833
00:32:32,236 --> 00:32:36,006
to only add, uh, love,
834
00:32:36,107 --> 00:32:40,711
and hopefully,
understanding to the pot.
835
00:32:40,811 --> 00:32:44,682
I embrace it as a part
of my job in this world
836
00:32:44,782 --> 00:32:50,921
to provide whatever medicine,
whatever elixir I possibly can.
837
00:32:51,021 --> 00:32:54,291
And not even thinking about that
person as somehow beneath me.
838
00:32:54,392 --> 00:32:55,860
No, I got...
You'll see in these pages.
839
00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,328
I got some purifying
to do myself.
840
00:32:57,428 --> 00:33:00,464
-All right, before I let you go,
this is a book. -Yup.
841
00:33:00,564 --> 00:33:03,100
-Yes, that's a book. -A book.
A book means a movie's coming.
842
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:04,735
-Ooh. -I mean,
that's how it works.
843
00:33:04,835 --> 00:33:06,237
-That's how it works.
-You make a good book,
844
00:33:06,337 --> 00:33:08,038
-people want to make a movie.
-Since when? Since when?
845
00:33:08,139 --> 00:33:09,507
Hold on. You're making up
things now.
846
00:33:09,607 --> 00:33:10,708
That's how it's always works.
That's how it always...
847
00:33:10,808 --> 00:33:11,876
it's always worked.
That means
848
00:33:11,976 --> 00:33:13,577
somebody has to play Will
in the movie.
849
00:33:13,677 --> 00:33:16,313
-Yes.
-Who's playing will?
850
00:33:16,414 --> 00:33:20,151
If you're willing
to get a fade, it's you.
851
00:33:20,251 --> 00:33:21,485
Don't tempt me, Will Smith.
852
00:33:21,585 --> 00:33:23,087
-If you're willing to cut it
into fade. -Yo.
853
00:33:23,187 --> 00:33:24,488
-Your hair is pretty right now.
-Will,
854
00:33:24,588 --> 00:33:26,357
-I've already got some
of the ears. -(laughing): Right.
855
00:33:26,457 --> 00:33:28,559
You can't see it
behind the 'fro.
856
00:33:28,659 --> 00:33:30,428
This man's playing
with my emotions again.
857
00:33:30,528 --> 00:33:32,596
This man's playing... Thank you
so much for joining me.
858
00:33:32,696 --> 00:33:34,231
-I appreciate you man, as
always. -Good to see you again.
859
00:33:34,331 --> 00:33:35,433
-Thank you. Bye-bye.
-Always, man.
860
00:33:35,533 --> 00:33:37,301
King Richard will
be in theaters
861
00:33:37,401 --> 00:33:39,336
and HBO Max November 19,
862
00:33:39,437 --> 00:33:41,439
and this memoir, Will,
is available right now.
863
00:33:41,539 --> 00:33:42,706
We're going
to take a quick break,
864
00:33:42,807 --> 00:33:44,375
but we'll be right back
after this.
865
00:33:46,256 --> 00:33:47,558
Well, that's our show
for tonight, but before we go,
866
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868
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869
00:33:54,665 --> 00:33:57,901
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871
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872
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873
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875
00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:10,347
then please donate
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876
00:34:10,447 --> 00:34:13,817
Until next time, stay safe
out there, get your vaccine
877
00:34:13,917 --> 00:34:16,854
and remember, if you see a deer
with a red nose,
878
00:34:16,954 --> 00:34:18,455
that's not Rudolph.
879
00:34:18,555 --> 00:34:19,923
That (bleep) got COVID.
880
00:34:20,024 --> 00:34:22,259
Now, here it is--
Your Moment of Zen.
881
00:34:22,359 --> 00:34:24,328
Just this week,
Big Bird from Sesame Street
882
00:34:24,428 --> 00:34:26,230
indoctrinating
our five-year-olds.
883
00:34:26,330 --> 00:34:28,899
Then the giant pigeon took
to Twitter to announce
884
00:34:28,999 --> 00:34:31,969
to everyone how it felt
about getting the shot.
885
00:34:32,069 --> 00:34:34,605
Not the first time these little
felt communists have tried
886
00:34:34,705 --> 00:34:36,073
to infect the minds
of our youngest
887
00:34:36,173 --> 00:34:37,608
and most vulnerable children.
888
00:34:37,708 --> 00:34:39,376
Decade ago,
I called out Kermit,
889
00:34:39,476 --> 00:34:41,278
that cute little,
green monster commie.
890
00:34:41,378 --> 00:34:42,980
The invite's still open,
Miss Piggy,
891
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,784
if you or your emasculated
frog boyfriend, Kermit,
892
00:34:46,884 --> 00:34:50,988
ever wanted
to join this desk. It's free.