1 00:00:01,044 --> 00:00:02,279 Probably one of the biggest surprises, 2 00:00:02,379 --> 00:00:03,580 they say, apparently, of the Winter Olympics 3 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:05,849 is that Norway is leading the medals table. 4 00:00:05,949 --> 00:00:07,717 Everyone was thinking it's gonna be America 5 00:00:07,817 --> 00:00:09,319 or China or, like, Canada, 6 00:00:09,419 --> 00:00:11,087 and then, like, Norway is crushing it. 7 00:00:11,187 --> 00:00:13,590 And then I went to the medals table, 8 00:00:13,690 --> 00:00:15,425 and I looked at the events, and I was like, "Guys." 9 00:00:15,525 --> 00:00:17,694 This is... It's unfair. Like, forget doping. 10 00:00:17,794 --> 00:00:19,563 Norway shouldn't be in the Winter Olympics 11 00:00:19,663 --> 00:00:21,131 'cause all the shit they're doing 12 00:00:21,231 --> 00:00:23,967 is, like, what Norwegians consider normal life. 13 00:00:24,067 --> 00:00:25,936 Like, they're not, like, competing, you know what I mean? 14 00:00:26,036 --> 00:00:27,704 They'll just be like, "Oh, what event was this?" 15 00:00:27,804 --> 00:00:29,172 "Oh, yeah, this is where, like, the people 16 00:00:29,272 --> 00:00:31,241 have to go cross-country on skis." 17 00:00:31,341 --> 00:00:33,043 Yeah, that's just Tuesday in Norway. 18 00:00:33,143 --> 00:00:34,477 I bet at the end of the race, 19 00:00:34,578 --> 00:00:35,946 they're like, "Well done. Gold medal." 20 00:00:36,046 --> 00:00:38,648 It's like, "What? I was just going to school." 21 00:00:38,748 --> 00:00:41,151 ANNOUNCER: Coming to you from the heart of Times Square 22 00:00:41,251 --> 00:00:43,987 in New York City, the only city in America, 23 00:00:44,087 --> 00:00:45,755 it's The Daily Show. 24 00:00:45,855 --> 00:00:49,392 Tonight, Prince Andrew pays up, 25 00:00:49,492 --> 00:00:51,628 Willie O'Ree, 26 00:00:51,728 --> 00:00:54,898 and Jessica Kingdon. 27 00:00:54,998 --> 00:00:59,469 This is The Daily Show with Trevor Noah. 28 00:00:59,569 --> 00:01:01,338 Hey! What's going on, everybody? 29 00:01:01,438 --> 00:01:03,006 Welcome to The Daily Show. I'm Trevor Noah. 30 00:01:03,106 --> 00:01:05,308 Let's jump straight into today's headlines. 31 00:01:05,408 --> 00:01:07,310 ♪ ♪ 32 00:01:07,410 --> 00:01:08,812 We kick things off 33 00:01:08,912 --> 00:01:11,748 with the news about the British royal family, 34 00:01:11,848 --> 00:01:15,252 the only people who think chess is a representative game. 35 00:01:15,352 --> 00:01:17,354 "Look, there's me. And there's you. 36 00:01:17,454 --> 00:01:18,922 And there's the people who pay us." 37 00:01:19,022 --> 00:01:20,824 (chuckles) 38 00:01:20,924 --> 00:01:22,525 Yesterday marked Queen Elizabeth's 39 00:01:22,626 --> 00:01:24,761 70th year on the throne, 40 00:01:24,861 --> 00:01:26,930 making her the longest-serving monarch 41 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:28,265 in British history. 42 00:01:28,365 --> 00:01:29,599 Which must be nice 43 00:01:29,699 --> 00:01:31,134 for all of those people who've been shouting, 44 00:01:31,234 --> 00:01:32,869 "Long live the queen!" 45 00:01:32,969 --> 00:01:34,137 Yeah, 'cause now they can be like, 46 00:01:34,204 --> 00:01:35,939 "Yeah, you see? We did that." 47 00:01:36,039 --> 00:01:38,141 Now, as part of the anniversary observance, 48 00:01:38,241 --> 00:01:39,509 the family has announced 49 00:01:39,609 --> 00:01:42,646 that if and when Queen Elizabeth dies 50 00:01:42,746 --> 00:01:44,948 and her son Charles becomes king, 51 00:01:45,048 --> 00:01:46,816 his wife, Camilla, 52 00:01:46,917 --> 00:01:50,487 will be crowned alongside him as queen. 53 00:01:50,587 --> 00:01:52,989 And I don't know if you remember, 54 00:01:53,156 --> 00:01:55,225 but when Camilla first started dating Charles, 55 00:01:55,325 --> 00:01:58,328 people said that she could never be queen 56 00:01:58,428 --> 00:02:00,931 because their relationship started as an affair. 57 00:02:01,097 --> 00:02:03,266 So this is huge. This is a huge, huge deal. 58 00:02:03,366 --> 00:02:04,901 And I also think it's the right move, 59 00:02:05,001 --> 00:02:06,169 because can you imagine how awkward 60 00:02:06,269 --> 00:02:07,604 it was gonna be otherwise 61 00:02:07,704 --> 00:02:09,239 if every time Charles and Camilla walked in a room 62 00:02:09,339 --> 00:02:10,740 and the royal announcer would be like, 63 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:13,109 "Presenting the king of England 64 00:02:13,209 --> 00:02:16,413 and presenting, uh, his sidepiece?" 65 00:02:16,513 --> 00:02:17,981 But while I'm sure the royals would love 66 00:02:18,114 --> 00:02:19,983 to be focusing on the future of the family, 67 00:02:20,116 --> 00:02:22,352 unfortunately, they've been forced 68 00:02:22,452 --> 00:02:24,387 to deal with a scandal from their past. 69 00:02:24,487 --> 00:02:25,789 You see, for decades, 70 00:02:25,889 --> 00:02:28,358 Elizabeth's second son, Prince Andrew, 71 00:02:28,458 --> 00:02:30,827 he was rolling deep with Jeffrey Epstein. 72 00:02:30,927 --> 00:02:33,196 And after years of fighting allegations 73 00:02:33,296 --> 00:02:35,131 that he had done anything wrong, 74 00:02:35,165 --> 00:02:37,834 it looks like he's finally throwing in the towel. 75 00:02:37,934 --> 00:02:39,135 NEWSMAN: Tonight, Prince Andrew 76 00:02:39,202 --> 00:02:41,504 dramatically averting a court battle, 77 00:02:41,605 --> 00:02:44,808 not admitting liability but not clearing his name. 78 00:02:44,908 --> 00:02:47,978 Virginia Giuffre claims she was sexually assaulted by the prince 79 00:02:48,144 --> 00:02:51,481 when she was 17 years old, trafficked by Epstein. 80 00:02:51,581 --> 00:02:52,716 NEWSMAN 2: The 61-year-old prince 81 00:02:52,816 --> 00:02:55,018 will pay his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, 82 00:02:55,151 --> 00:02:57,721 a reported $10 million 83 00:02:57,821 --> 00:02:59,756 and make a substantial donation 84 00:02:59,856 --> 00:03:02,692 to her charity in support of victims' rights. 85 00:03:02,792 --> 00:03:05,228 Of course, questions saying, is it Prince Andrew's money? 86 00:03:05,328 --> 00:03:08,365 We know that he sold his Swiss ski chalet, 87 00:03:08,465 --> 00:03:11,234 reputedly for about 18 million, 88 00:03:11,334 --> 00:03:14,938 but many people saying the queen is helping to foot the bill. 89 00:03:15,105 --> 00:03:17,607 Yeah, that's right. After years of fighting, 90 00:03:17,707 --> 00:03:21,111 Prince Andrew has finally settled with Virginia Giuffre. 91 00:03:21,211 --> 00:03:22,379 And although it's not perfect justice, 92 00:03:22,479 --> 00:03:24,114 I mean, it is something. You know? 93 00:03:24,214 --> 00:03:26,316 To be honest, I almost feel like this guy got off easy, 94 00:03:26,416 --> 00:03:29,252 because, yeah, it is $10 million, 95 00:03:29,352 --> 00:03:31,454 but you're from the royal family. 96 00:03:31,555 --> 00:03:32,856 Think about it. 97 00:03:32,956 --> 00:03:37,027 $10 million is, like, one jewel from one of their crowns. 98 00:03:37,127 --> 00:03:39,229 And this has got to suck for the queen. 99 00:03:39,329 --> 00:03:42,566 Like, imagine having to use the money that you earned 100 00:03:42,666 --> 00:03:44,501 to-- I guess she didn't, like, earn it, 101 00:03:44,601 --> 00:03:48,038 but, I mean, imagine, like, working hard your whole life-- 102 00:03:48,138 --> 00:03:49,906 Well, I mean, she doesn't really work. 103 00:03:50,006 --> 00:03:51,908 Um, you-you get what I'm saying. You get what I'm saying. 104 00:03:52,008 --> 00:03:55,145 The point is the queen didn't get into the royal business 105 00:03:55,178 --> 00:03:56,746 to do stuff like this. Right? 106 00:03:56,846 --> 00:03:59,249 She got into it to steal spices from India. 107 00:03:59,349 --> 00:04:01,251 It's about that life. 108 00:04:01,351 --> 00:04:03,153 And I can tell you now, this is probably where she misses 109 00:04:03,253 --> 00:04:06,189 the days when she could just chop off people's heads. 110 00:04:06,289 --> 00:04:08,091 You know? 'Cause, back in the day, 111 00:04:08,191 --> 00:04:09,559 with this thing happening with Andrew, 112 00:04:09,659 --> 00:04:10,627 the queen would have just been like, 113 00:04:10,727 --> 00:04:12,963 "Andrew, I dropped my contact lens. 114 00:04:13,096 --> 00:04:14,564 Would you bend down and pick it up?" 115 00:04:14,664 --> 00:04:16,099 "Where, Mummy?" (chopping sound) 116 00:04:16,166 --> 00:04:17,701 "10 million saved." 117 00:04:17,801 --> 00:04:19,803 Oh, and, by the way, the next time your mom complains 118 00:04:19,903 --> 00:04:21,871 about you asking her for rent money, 119 00:04:21,972 --> 00:04:23,607 you should just show her this story and remind her 120 00:04:23,707 --> 00:04:26,109 it could be way worse. 121 00:04:26,209 --> 00:04:27,611 But let's move on. 122 00:04:27,711 --> 00:04:31,181 If you're tired of the same old, same old dating app scene 123 00:04:31,281 --> 00:04:33,316 where you swipe right on the cute guy, 124 00:04:33,416 --> 00:04:35,218 he swindles you out of thousands of dollars, 125 00:04:35,318 --> 00:04:37,621 blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, then good news-- 126 00:04:37,721 --> 00:04:42,492 Tinder is now offering a Blind Date feature on the app. 127 00:04:42,592 --> 00:04:45,161 Yeah, because, usually, when you're scrolling through people, 128 00:04:45,262 --> 00:04:46,863 you first see their picture, right? 129 00:04:46,963 --> 00:04:48,131 And then you decide right away 130 00:04:48,164 --> 00:04:49,633 whether you're too good-looking for them 131 00:04:49,733 --> 00:04:51,034 or they're too good-looking for you. 132 00:04:51,134 --> 00:04:54,304 But now Tinder is just gonna ask you questions. 133 00:04:54,404 --> 00:04:55,805 And then what they're gonna do is they're gonna match you 134 00:04:55,906 --> 00:04:57,807 with someone based on your responses. 135 00:04:57,908 --> 00:04:59,142 Then you have a chat with them. 136 00:04:59,242 --> 00:05:01,278 And then, if you both like each other, 137 00:05:01,378 --> 00:05:03,146 Tinder will show you their pictures. 138 00:05:03,246 --> 00:05:04,481 Which is great, 139 00:05:04,581 --> 00:05:06,950 because if they stop talking to you at that point, 140 00:05:07,083 --> 00:05:09,152 then you know immediately that you're ugly. 141 00:05:09,252 --> 00:05:12,556 And, you know, it's so funny how tech companies 142 00:05:12,656 --> 00:05:14,624 came out like, "They're the future. 143 00:05:14,724 --> 00:05:16,092 They're gonna show us new things." 144 00:05:16,159 --> 00:05:17,527 But then, as time goes on, 145 00:05:17,627 --> 00:05:20,430 they seem to invent stuff that already exists. 146 00:05:20,530 --> 00:05:22,866 Like blind dates-- "it's the future of dating." 147 00:05:22,966 --> 00:05:24,968 No. People in the Middle Ages were like, 148 00:05:25,101 --> 00:05:26,603 "All our dates are blind." 149 00:05:26,703 --> 00:05:29,639 And, I'm sorry, but you can't really recreate blind dates 150 00:05:29,739 --> 00:05:32,742 unless you also recreate the part where your mutual friend 151 00:05:32,842 --> 00:05:34,644 tries to talk the other person up 152 00:05:34,744 --> 00:05:36,780 whilst also avoiding their faults. 153 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:38,481 That's a key part of blind dates. 154 00:05:38,582 --> 00:05:40,917 "Yeah, he's, like, super good at cooking 155 00:05:41,017 --> 00:05:42,919 and he loves to read." 156 00:05:43,019 --> 00:05:45,622 "Interesting. So, does he have a job?" 157 00:05:45,722 --> 00:05:48,458 "As I said, he loves to read." 158 00:05:51,394 --> 00:05:52,429 "Huh?" 159 00:05:52,529 --> 00:05:54,231 I also have to mention 160 00:05:54,331 --> 00:05:57,434 that this blind dating scheme that Tinder's running, 161 00:05:57,534 --> 00:06:01,871 this is discriminatory towards hot, dumb, boring people. 162 00:06:01,972 --> 00:06:04,541 You realize you're taking away their greatest asset. 163 00:06:04,641 --> 00:06:06,209 People with good personalities-- 164 00:06:06,309 --> 00:06:07,878 they're gonna do fine in this situation. 165 00:06:07,978 --> 00:06:10,680 They can meet people in person, they can charm them. 166 00:06:10,780 --> 00:06:12,816 All some people have is a six-pack. 167 00:06:12,916 --> 00:06:14,417 They don't even know that they have a six-pack 168 00:06:14,517 --> 00:06:16,086 because they can't count that high. 169 00:06:16,152 --> 00:06:17,554 All right, but let's move on 170 00:06:17,654 --> 00:06:20,624 to a story coming from my home country-- 171 00:06:20,724 --> 00:06:22,259 South Africa. 172 00:06:22,359 --> 00:06:24,694 Yeah, it's not the most creatively-named country, 173 00:06:24,794 --> 00:06:26,830 but you always know where to find us. 174 00:06:26,930 --> 00:06:28,098 It has been almost ten years 175 00:06:28,131 --> 00:06:29,666 since the passing of South Africa's first 176 00:06:29,766 --> 00:06:32,836 democratically-elected president, Nelson Mandela. 177 00:06:32,936 --> 00:06:34,704 And for those of you who don't know, 178 00:06:34,804 --> 00:06:36,740 Nelson Mandela was basically the Martin Luther King 179 00:06:36,840 --> 00:06:38,642 of our Harriet Tubmans. 180 00:06:38,742 --> 00:06:40,310 And everywhere you go in South Africa, 181 00:06:40,410 --> 00:06:41,978 there are reminders of how great he is. 182 00:06:42,112 --> 00:06:44,581 Like, there are statues, there are bridges named after him. 183 00:06:44,681 --> 00:06:46,550 There's whole neighborhoods that bear his name. 184 00:06:46,650 --> 00:06:50,520 But now, there's a new, fancier way 185 00:06:50,620 --> 00:06:53,290 for people who want to celebrate his legacy. 186 00:06:53,390 --> 00:06:57,460 The former home of Nelson Mandela is now a luxury hotel. 187 00:06:57,561 --> 00:06:59,262 It's called "Sanctuary Mandela," 188 00:06:59,362 --> 00:07:01,731 and it was Mandela's first home in Johannesburg 189 00:07:01,831 --> 00:07:05,235 after being released from 27 years in prison. 190 00:07:05,335 --> 00:07:07,304 South Africa's first Black president lived there 191 00:07:07,404 --> 00:07:09,272 for six years. 192 00:07:09,372 --> 00:07:12,075 It now can host 18 guests, and 18 guests rather, 193 00:07:12,108 --> 00:07:14,477 and is adorned with Mandela memorabilia. 194 00:07:14,578 --> 00:07:17,480 Even Madiba's former cook is on staff there 195 00:07:17,581 --> 00:07:19,082 helping to prepare meals. 196 00:07:19,149 --> 00:07:25,188 Rooms range from $250 to as much as $1,000 a night. 197 00:07:25,288 --> 00:07:26,723 Yeah, that's right. 198 00:07:26,823 --> 00:07:31,428 Nelson Mandela's old house has been turned into a luxury hotel. 199 00:07:31,528 --> 00:07:33,997 And I mean, I guess this is just the fate 200 00:07:34,097 --> 00:07:35,765 of every historic building now, right? 201 00:07:35,865 --> 00:07:37,767 'Cause if you think about it, half of the old buildings 202 00:07:37,867 --> 00:07:39,603 around the world are now either a bank, 203 00:07:39,703 --> 00:07:42,205 an Apple Store, or a CVS. That's it. 204 00:07:42,305 --> 00:07:43,873 I wouldn't be shocked if in, like, a 100 years, 205 00:07:43,974 --> 00:07:45,275 the White House is going to be turned into 206 00:07:45,375 --> 00:07:47,777 Jeff Bezos' dog's weekend place. 207 00:07:47,878 --> 00:07:51,281 Now, some people think that it doesn't make sense 208 00:07:51,381 --> 00:07:53,750 for the home of the man who fought inequality 209 00:07:53,850 --> 00:07:56,152 to be turned into a luxury hotel. 210 00:07:56,253 --> 00:07:58,388 But it does. It actually does. 211 00:07:58,488 --> 00:08:00,423 And it really does if you remember one 212 00:08:00,523 --> 00:08:02,759 of Mandela's most famous quotes when he said, 213 00:08:02,859 --> 00:08:05,795 "Do not judge me by the color of my skin, 214 00:08:05,896 --> 00:08:08,698 "but rather judge me by the thread count 215 00:08:08,798 --> 00:08:11,067 "of these Egyptian cotton sheets. 216 00:08:11,134 --> 00:08:12,869 "Balling out of control. 217 00:08:12,969 --> 00:08:15,872 Hey. Hey. Hey." 218 00:08:15,972 --> 00:08:18,074 -It was a powerful speech. we cried that day. -(laughter) 219 00:08:18,174 --> 00:08:22,379 We cried that day. 220 00:08:22,479 --> 00:08:23,713 Also, you know, when you're staying 221 00:08:23,813 --> 00:08:25,248 at the Nelson Mandela Hotel, 222 00:08:25,348 --> 00:08:27,284 good luck fighting the minibar charges 223 00:08:27,384 --> 00:08:28,885 that you think are unfair. 224 00:08:28,985 --> 00:08:30,220 Just gonna be at the front desk like, 225 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,156 "Hi. Excuse me. I think I was unfairly charged 226 00:08:33,256 --> 00:08:35,358 for a bag of pistachios." 227 00:08:35,458 --> 00:08:40,163 Madame, let me tell you about unfair charges. 228 00:08:40,263 --> 00:08:42,132 So, yeah. look, this is gonna come with its pros and its cons. 229 00:08:42,232 --> 00:08:44,100 People are going to be for it and against it. 230 00:08:44,167 --> 00:08:46,336 And I guess it will be good for the people who work there 231 00:08:46,436 --> 00:08:47,871 and maybe some of the community. 232 00:08:47,971 --> 00:08:49,773 But you got to admit, man, at the same time, 233 00:08:49,873 --> 00:08:52,542 it does feel a little disrespectful for everything 234 00:08:52,642 --> 00:08:55,345 that Nelson Mandela went through, you know? 235 00:08:55,445 --> 00:08:59,683 Just gonna pay some money, and you can sleep in his house? 236 00:08:59,783 --> 00:09:01,284 You know what he had to do to get to that house? 237 00:09:01,384 --> 00:09:03,453 You know what they should do? They should-they should say 238 00:09:03,553 --> 00:09:05,855 for every night that you stay in the hotel, 239 00:09:05,956 --> 00:09:07,691 you should also have to spend the night 240 00:09:07,791 --> 00:09:10,060 in an apartheid prison. Yeah. 241 00:09:10,160 --> 00:09:12,362 Now you're getting the full experience. 242 00:09:12,462 --> 00:09:13,863 You know, I actually hope that they do this 243 00:09:13,964 --> 00:09:16,766 with African dictator homes, too. 'Cause, like, yeah, 244 00:09:16,866 --> 00:09:19,135 Mandela had a nice house, but forget him, man. 245 00:09:19,236 --> 00:09:22,973 African dictators-- those dudes lived lavish. 246 00:09:23,073 --> 00:09:24,741 They should make that an experience. Can you imagine 247 00:09:24,841 --> 00:09:27,344 soaking in Idi Amin's Jacuzzi? 248 00:09:27,444 --> 00:09:29,646 Chilling on his giant couch? (whoops) 249 00:09:29,746 --> 00:09:32,616 Dressing up in the skin of his enemies? Talk about a honeymoon. 250 00:09:32,716 --> 00:09:34,384 You like this, baby? 251 00:09:34,484 --> 00:09:36,286 All right, finally, let's move on to some news 252 00:09:36,386 --> 00:09:38,288 from the world of religion. 253 00:09:38,388 --> 00:09:41,691 Since we were young, many of us have been taught the same story. 254 00:09:41,791 --> 00:09:43,994 Right? Be good, pray every day, 255 00:09:44,094 --> 00:09:46,129 and you'll get into heaven. 256 00:09:46,229 --> 00:09:48,665 What your grandmother probably didn't mention 257 00:09:48,765 --> 00:09:52,636 is that a paperwork issue could send you to hell. 258 00:09:52,736 --> 00:09:55,005 A Catholic priest in Arizona has resigned 259 00:09:55,105 --> 00:09:57,207 because of a mistake the church says he's been making 260 00:09:57,307 --> 00:10:00,577 for more than 20 years. During thousands of baptisms 261 00:10:00,677 --> 00:10:05,148 he used the phrase "we baptize" instead of "I baptize." 262 00:10:05,248 --> 00:10:08,218 The Vatican says that one word change makes 263 00:10:08,318 --> 00:10:11,221 all the baptisms he performed invalid. 264 00:10:11,321 --> 00:10:13,990 The priest has apologized and, again, resigned. 265 00:10:14,090 --> 00:10:16,493 Wait, wait, I'm sorry, what? 266 00:10:16,593 --> 00:10:19,262 All the baptisms are invalid because of one w-- 267 00:10:19,362 --> 00:10:22,365 no, one word? 268 00:10:22,465 --> 00:10:26,469 This is, like, the worst thing I Catholic priest has ever done. 269 00:10:26,570 --> 00:10:28,705 But for real, people, I cannot believe that the Vatican 270 00:10:28,805 --> 00:10:30,540 is gonna say all of these baptisms-- 271 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,043 all of them, like, what, 2,000 are invalid-- 272 00:10:33,143 --> 00:10:35,745 just because the priest said "we" 273 00:10:35,845 --> 00:10:38,882 instead of "I." 274 00:10:38,982 --> 00:10:40,183 Like, don't get me wrong, I'm glad to hear that 275 00:10:40,283 --> 00:10:42,419 the Catholic Church cares about people's pronouns, 276 00:10:42,519 --> 00:10:45,488 but this seems like a minor mistake to me. 277 00:10:45,589 --> 00:10:47,057 You know, like, I would understand 278 00:10:47,157 --> 00:10:49,459 if the priest accidentally cleansed their souls 279 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:51,161 in White Claw. That, I would get. 280 00:10:51,261 --> 00:10:52,929 But this doesn't seem like a huge deal. 281 00:10:53,029 --> 00:10:54,764 And what's gonna happen to all the people 282 00:10:54,864 --> 00:10:57,267 who weren't actually baptized? What happens to them now, huh? 283 00:10:57,367 --> 00:10:59,603 Are they gonna go to hell for someone else's mistake? 284 00:10:59,703 --> 00:11:01,304 That's so unfair. 285 00:11:01,404 --> 00:11:03,106 Everyone else who gets to go to hell 286 00:11:03,173 --> 00:11:05,175 goes there because they got to have some fun first. 287 00:11:05,275 --> 00:11:08,144 You know? Now they're all gonna be down in the fire pits like, 288 00:11:08,245 --> 00:11:10,013 "Well, I'm being burned forever 289 00:11:10,113 --> 00:11:13,750 "but it was worth it for the orgies! (laughs) 290 00:11:13,850 --> 00:11:15,218 What are you in for, man?" 291 00:11:15,318 --> 00:11:17,821 "My priest made a typo." 292 00:11:17,921 --> 00:11:20,123 "Oh sure, whatever. (laughs) 293 00:11:20,223 --> 00:11:22,125 "You probably killed some puppies or something, 294 00:11:22,158 --> 00:11:25,862 you sick (bleep). Yo, let's torture this guy extra hard." 295 00:11:25,962 --> 00:11:28,431 So, now-- Wait, sor-sorry, sorry, hold on. 296 00:11:28,531 --> 00:11:30,200 I'm hearing from my producers that... 297 00:11:30,300 --> 00:11:31,501 Well, that-that can't be right. 298 00:11:31,601 --> 00:11:34,471 We have an interview with God Himself? 299 00:11:34,571 --> 00:11:36,740 Is that even possible? How... 300 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,575 Uh, all right, can we-can we patch him in? 301 00:11:38,675 --> 00:11:41,912 -♪ ♪ -Yeah, yeah, turn over that cable. 302 00:11:42,012 --> 00:11:43,513 -Oh, my Lord. -Hey. 303 00:11:43,613 --> 00:11:47,250 Hey, Trevor, it's me, God. God indeed, baby. How you been? 304 00:11:47,350 --> 00:11:49,886 Well, this is amazing. God, thank you so much 305 00:11:49,986 --> 00:11:52,389 -for joining me on the show. -Hey, baby, happy to be here. 306 00:11:52,489 --> 00:11:53,590 Look, we got to make this quick, though. 307 00:11:53,690 --> 00:11:56,293 I'm working on creating a new animal. 308 00:11:56,393 --> 00:11:58,528 It's like a horse but it's got flippers 309 00:11:58,628 --> 00:12:00,830 and it's got fangs. I gave it one wing. 310 00:12:00,931 --> 00:12:03,199 Ooh, boy, it's gonna mess y'all up. 311 00:12:03,300 --> 00:12:04,901 Oh, God, I have so many questions, 312 00:12:05,001 --> 00:12:08,138 First-first of all, I, I didn't know that this is how you look. 313 00:12:08,238 --> 00:12:11,141 Oh, no, thi-this-this is just how I look to you. 314 00:12:11,241 --> 00:12:14,010 I don't look like this when I'm talking to white folks. 315 00:12:14,110 --> 00:12:15,845 I want to surprise 'em when they get here. 316 00:12:15,946 --> 00:12:18,114 (laughs) Oh, man, God, I-I just... 317 00:12:18,181 --> 00:12:19,549 Oh, oh, I also have another question, 318 00:12:19,649 --> 00:12:20,784 and this is a little embarrassing, but... 319 00:12:20,884 --> 00:12:23,119 No, I'm not helping you with Wordle. 320 00:12:23,220 --> 00:12:24,988 How did you know that that was what I was gonna ask? 321 00:12:25,121 --> 00:12:26,923 Tired, tired of you asking about Wordle. 322 00:12:27,023 --> 00:12:28,391 You tweet about Wordle all the time. 323 00:12:28,491 --> 00:12:29,826 You need to get a life, man. 324 00:12:29,926 --> 00:12:31,127 Yeah, but The New York Times made the words... 325 00:12:31,228 --> 00:12:33,964 Anyway, God, let's talk about the issue at hand. 326 00:12:34,130 --> 00:12:36,866 What's your position on this priest in Arizona 327 00:12:36,967 --> 00:12:39,269 who's been messing up baptisms? 328 00:12:39,369 --> 00:12:43,240 I'm gonna be honest, I-I got no idea what you talking about. 329 00:12:43,340 --> 00:12:45,809 Uh, there's a priest in Arizona who said the wrong word, 330 00:12:45,909 --> 00:12:47,944 and now the Vatican is all upset and they're saying 331 00:12:48,044 --> 00:12:49,746 that the people might be going to hell now. 332 00:12:49,846 --> 00:12:51,748 You-you haven't heard about this? 333 00:12:51,848 --> 00:12:53,183 No, man. 334 00:12:53,283 --> 00:12:55,552 I don't pay half as much attention to Earth 335 00:12:55,652 --> 00:12:57,153 as y'all think I do. 336 00:12:57,220 --> 00:12:59,155 I'm having too much fun. 337 00:12:59,222 --> 00:13:00,924 Look at me, I'm in heaven. 338 00:13:01,091 --> 00:13:04,094 We got Prince, Whitney Houston, George Michael. 339 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,097 Every day up here is a Super Bowl halftime show. 340 00:13:07,197 --> 00:13:08,665 Wait, hold-- so, hold... 341 00:13:08,765 --> 00:13:10,166 -Worried about Earth. -You're saying that you're not really 342 00:13:10,267 --> 00:13:13,303 focused on every single thing that's going on down here? 343 00:13:13,403 --> 00:13:15,238 No, I ain't worried about everything going on... 344 00:13:15,338 --> 00:13:18,942 Do you realize how many worlds I have created? 345 00:13:19,109 --> 00:13:21,778 I can't keep track of every single one. 346 00:13:21,878 --> 00:13:24,114 You think Shonda Rhimes know what's going on 347 00:13:24,180 --> 00:13:26,249 in every single one of her TV shows? 348 00:13:26,349 --> 00:13:29,119 She got the firefighter show, she got the doctor show, 349 00:13:29,152 --> 00:13:32,255 she got the one where everybody having sex in the 1700s. 350 00:13:32,355 --> 00:13:36,159 It's impossible to keep track of, impossible. 351 00:13:36,259 --> 00:13:37,928 I-I mean, that makes sense, but are you saying 352 00:13:38,028 --> 00:13:40,130 that even if this priest messed up the baptisms, 353 00:13:40,196 --> 00:13:42,699 you, you would still accept these people into heaven? 354 00:13:42,799 --> 00:13:43,800 That's right. 355 00:13:43,900 --> 00:13:45,969 People, don't sweat the small stuff. 356 00:13:46,136 --> 00:13:47,337 Look, this is all you got to do, Trevor. 357 00:13:47,437 --> 00:13:51,274 All you got to do to get into heaven is be a good person. 358 00:13:51,374 --> 00:13:53,009 I just want people up here 359 00:13:53,143 --> 00:13:56,012 who aren't going to ruin the party, all right? 360 00:13:56,146 --> 00:13:58,848 Now, if you'll excuse me, it's trivia night 361 00:13:58,949 --> 00:14:01,451 and Alex Trebek is on my team. 362 00:14:01,551 --> 00:14:04,287 Trebek, baby, let's get these Bitcoins. 363 00:14:04,387 --> 00:14:05,555 Hell, yeah. 364 00:14:05,655 --> 00:14:07,857 Wow, man. 365 00:14:07,958 --> 00:14:09,526 Heaven sounds like a lot of fun. I can't wait to see it one day. 366 00:14:09,626 --> 00:14:13,296 -This is... -Oh, don't worry. You gonna see it real soon. 367 00:14:14,164 --> 00:14:15,665 Wait, what? Wh-What does... 368 00:14:15,765 --> 00:14:18,101 H-How soon? What does that... 369 00:14:18,201 --> 00:14:19,269 What does that... 370 00:14:19,369 --> 00:14:20,437 You know what? Let's take a quick break 371 00:14:20,537 --> 00:14:21,905 So I can figure out what that meant. 372 00:14:22,005 --> 00:14:24,107 And after the break, I'm gonna be talking to Willie O'Ree, 373 00:14:24,174 --> 00:14:27,143 the first Black hockey player ever. 374 00:14:27,244 --> 00:14:28,845 You don't want to miss it. 375 00:14:28,945 --> 00:14:30,280 When he said "soon," do you think that was a threat 376 00:14:30,380 --> 00:14:31,648 or do you think it was an invitation? 377 00:14:31,748 --> 00:14:34,584 How you turn off this webcam? 378 00:14:34,684 --> 00:14:36,319 -Hit the button? -Oh, God, you have to press the... 379 00:14:36,419 --> 00:14:39,656 Lord, it didn't... (stammers) If you... it's on the t-top right. 380 00:14:39,756 --> 00:14:41,858 The top right of the-- if it's-- Is it a touchscreen? 381 00:14:41,958 --> 00:14:44,294 -You've got to hit the top right. -Hang on. 382 00:14:44,394 --> 00:14:46,296 -No, it's, uh... -Leave meeting. 383 00:14:46,396 --> 00:14:48,298 No, you're still here. 384 00:14:48,398 --> 00:14:49,799 -Lord, y-you haven't left. -Leave meeting. 385 00:14:52,335 --> 00:14:54,237 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 386 00:14:54,337 --> 00:14:55,905 My first guest tonight is a hockey legend 387 00:14:56,005 --> 00:14:57,807 by the name of Willie O'Ree. 388 00:14:57,907 --> 00:15:00,309 He integrated the sport of hockey 389 00:15:00,409 --> 00:15:02,345 by becoming the first Black player 390 00:15:02,445 --> 00:15:04,947 to compete in the NHL in 1958, 391 00:15:05,047 --> 00:15:08,718 for which he will be awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. 392 00:15:08,818 --> 00:15:10,753 MAN: Making sports history in hockey 393 00:15:10,853 --> 00:15:12,388 as Jackie Robinson did in baseball, 394 00:15:12,488 --> 00:15:14,423 Willie O'Ree of the Boston Bruins, 395 00:15:14,523 --> 00:15:16,525 a native of Fredericton, New Brunswick, 396 00:15:16,626 --> 00:15:18,995 is the first Negro to play in the National Hockey League. 397 00:15:19,095 --> 00:15:20,296 WOMAN: In his first time out, 398 00:15:20,396 --> 00:15:22,265 his team won against the Montreal Canadiens. 399 00:15:22,365 --> 00:15:24,533 In the Bruins dressing room after the game, 400 00:15:24,634 --> 00:15:26,802 Gord Sinclair Jr. of CFCF 401 00:15:26,903 --> 00:15:28,604 pressed through the crowd for this interview. 402 00:15:28,704 --> 00:15:31,073 SINCLAIR: It must be quite the exciting thing, isn't it, 403 00:15:31,173 --> 00:15:33,743 to get into an NHL game for the Boston Bruins. 404 00:15:33,843 --> 00:15:36,312 What do you feel about it, uh, Willie? Anything unusual? 405 00:15:36,412 --> 00:15:38,180 O'REE: No, it was the greatest thrill of my life, 406 00:15:38,281 --> 00:15:40,483 I believe. I'll always remember this day. 407 00:15:40,583 --> 00:15:42,518 "I'll always remember this day." Mr. Willie O'Ree, 408 00:15:42,618 --> 00:15:44,887 -welcome to The Daily Show. -Thank you very much. 409 00:15:44,987 --> 00:15:46,389 It certainly is a pleasure to be here. 410 00:15:46,489 --> 00:15:50,226 Oh, the pleasure's all mine. I mean, I'm talking to a man 411 00:15:50,326 --> 00:15:51,527 who's a legend on so many counts. 412 00:15:51,627 --> 00:15:53,963 I mean, you-you're a legend 413 00:15:54,063 --> 00:15:56,065 because of what you did for the sport of hockey. 414 00:15:56,165 --> 00:15:57,700 Uh, you're a legend because you were 415 00:15:57,800 --> 00:15:59,802 the first Black player in the NHL. 416 00:15:59,902 --> 00:16:02,638 And, for me, you are a legend because you are a Black person 417 00:16:02,738 --> 00:16:05,308 who chose to play on the ice. 418 00:16:05,441 --> 00:16:08,110 I-I don't meet many Black people who willingly go to the cold, 419 00:16:08,211 --> 00:16:11,013 Mr. O'Ree, so, uh, you're a... you're a legend personally 420 00:16:11,113 --> 00:16:13,082 for me as an African. Welcome to the show. 421 00:16:13,182 --> 00:16:15,218 -It's good to have you. -Thank you, sir. 422 00:16:15,318 --> 00:16:17,520 Um, let's talk a little bit about your journey. 423 00:16:17,620 --> 00:16:18,888 You know, it-it... 424 00:16:18,988 --> 00:16:21,924 it wasn't anything that anybody had done before. 425 00:16:22,024 --> 00:16:23,726 You know? You talk about this in your life 426 00:16:23,826 --> 00:16:25,494 and how you had a dream. 427 00:16:25,595 --> 00:16:27,263 You said, "I want to play in the NHL. 428 00:16:27,363 --> 00:16:28,764 I want to be a professional hockey player." 429 00:16:28,864 --> 00:16:31,534 Nobody had done it. Nobody thought anybody could do it, 430 00:16:31,634 --> 00:16:33,102 and yet you set your mind to it. 431 00:16:33,202 --> 00:16:36,072 I'd love to know how you-you had this idea 432 00:16:36,172 --> 00:16:38,541 of doing something that had never been done before 433 00:16:38,641 --> 00:16:40,243 with the clarity that you had. 434 00:16:40,343 --> 00:16:42,245 Well, when I was 14 years of age, 435 00:16:42,345 --> 00:16:44,614 I decided I wanted to become a professional hockey player 436 00:16:44,714 --> 00:16:45,982 and then hopefully one day in the, uh... 437 00:16:46,082 --> 00:16:47,950 play in the National Hockey League. 438 00:16:48,050 --> 00:16:50,286 And I have to give credit to my older brother 439 00:16:50,386 --> 00:16:53,456 who was not only my brother and my friend but he was my mentor 440 00:16:53,556 --> 00:16:55,458 and he taught me a lot of things that I would need to know. 441 00:16:55,558 --> 00:16:57,793 So I started playing organized hockey. 442 00:16:57,894 --> 00:17:00,663 Uh, and at 14, I left my hometown 443 00:17:00,763 --> 00:17:03,132 to go up to, uh, Quebec, Canada, 444 00:17:03,232 --> 00:17:07,436 to play junior-junior hockey with the, um, Quebec Frontenacs. 445 00:17:07,537 --> 00:17:09,839 Uh, played there that, uh, one year, 446 00:17:09,939 --> 00:17:11,707 and then I went and played, uh, 447 00:17:11,807 --> 00:17:13,576 in Kitchener, Ontario, the second year. 448 00:17:13,676 --> 00:17:16,579 And that's when I had, uh, an unfortunate accident. 449 00:17:16,679 --> 00:17:18,247 You know, none of the players wore any helmets, 450 00:17:18,347 --> 00:17:20,216 no face shields, no cages. 451 00:17:20,316 --> 00:17:23,152 And, um, I was struck in the right eye with a puck 452 00:17:23,252 --> 00:17:25,555 and lost 97% vision in my right eye. 453 00:17:25,655 --> 00:17:27,924 -Wow. -And the doc-- the doctor told me 454 00:17:28,024 --> 00:17:29,358 I'd never play hockey again. 455 00:17:29,458 --> 00:17:31,327 But, uh, I kept it a secret 456 00:17:31,460 --> 00:17:34,196 and, um, turn-turned pro in 1956 457 00:17:34,297 --> 00:17:36,766 and was able to play 21 years with one eye. 458 00:17:36,866 --> 00:17:38,467 W-Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Let's-- 459 00:17:38,534 --> 00:17:39,969 Okay, now we-- now we need to add 460 00:17:40,069 --> 00:17:42,038 an extra layer of legend to the story. 461 00:17:42,138 --> 00:17:43,372 You lost some of your vision, 462 00:17:43,472 --> 00:17:45,608 and the doctor said that you were legally blind. 463 00:17:45,708 --> 00:17:47,310 You keep this a secret, 464 00:17:47,476 --> 00:17:48,678 and then you go on to play-- 465 00:17:48,778 --> 00:17:50,813 I-I don't-- I don't even understand how that's possible. 466 00:17:50,913 --> 00:17:52,248 I can't follow the puck. 467 00:17:52,415 --> 00:17:53,416 I've been to hockey games. 468 00:17:53,516 --> 00:17:54,617 I love watching hockey games, 469 00:17:54,717 --> 00:17:56,419 but it's like I can't follow the puck. 470 00:17:56,519 --> 00:17:58,788 But you're telling me you were a professional player 471 00:17:58,888 --> 00:18:00,489 who was legally blind. 472 00:18:00,590 --> 00:18:02,792 I don't understand how you did this. 473 00:18:02,892 --> 00:18:04,860 Well, you know, um... (clears throat) 474 00:18:04,961 --> 00:18:07,697 I-- When I went to the hospital and, um, 475 00:18:07,797 --> 00:18:09,765 I-I was in my recovery room and the doctor said, 476 00:18:09,865 --> 00:18:11,567 "Mr. O'Ree," he says, "you're gonna be blind 477 00:18:11,667 --> 00:18:12,902 and you'll never play hockey again," 478 00:18:13,002 --> 00:18:15,104 well, the two goals that I had set for myself, 479 00:18:15,204 --> 00:18:16,806 well, seemingly, were gone. 480 00:18:16,906 --> 00:18:19,308 But I got out of the hospital and, um, 481 00:18:19,442 --> 00:18:21,777 within the next five, uh, weeks, I'm back on the ice, 482 00:18:21,878 --> 00:18:23,446 practicing and playing. 483 00:18:23,479 --> 00:18:26,315 Now, I'm a left-hand shot and playing left wing. 484 00:18:26,449 --> 00:18:28,484 But, to compensate, I-I had to turn my head 485 00:18:28,584 --> 00:18:30,253 all the way around to the right to pick the puck 486 00:18:30,353 --> 00:18:32,722 and pick the play up and look over my right shoulder. 487 00:18:32,822 --> 00:18:34,557 -Wow. -And I... 488 00:18:34,657 --> 00:18:36,626 And, consequently, I was overskating the puck 489 00:18:36,726 --> 00:18:37,960 and missing the net, and I just said, 490 00:18:38,060 --> 00:18:39,829 "Willie, forget about what you can't see 491 00:18:39,929 --> 00:18:42,164 and concentrate on what you can see." 492 00:18:42,265 --> 00:18:45,535 So, the season ends and, uh, I go back to my hometown 493 00:18:45,635 --> 00:18:47,303 -and I kept my fingers crossed... -Mm-hmm. 494 00:18:47,470 --> 00:18:50,072 ...that I'd be contacted by a professional team. 495 00:18:50,172 --> 00:18:53,643 And I waited and waited, and finally, I got a call 496 00:18:53,743 --> 00:18:56,646 from Punch Imlach who was the coach and general manager 497 00:18:56,746 --> 00:18:58,047 of the Quebec Aces, 498 00:18:58,147 --> 00:19:00,216 the Quebec professional team up in Quebec City. 499 00:19:00,316 --> 00:19:03,119 So, to make a long story short, I go to training camp, 500 00:19:03,219 --> 00:19:05,454 I make the team, I don't tell them that I am blind. 501 00:19:05,555 --> 00:19:07,490 I don't have an eye exam so I says, 502 00:19:07,590 --> 00:19:09,926 "Well, if I don't take an eye exam, just-just play." 503 00:19:10,026 --> 00:19:12,061 And we won the championship that year, 504 00:19:12,161 --> 00:19:14,130 so that's what gave me the extra confidence that I needed. 505 00:19:14,230 --> 00:19:16,866 -And I said... I said... -(laughing) 506 00:19:16,966 --> 00:19:18,234 Oh, man, I mean, that's... 507 00:19:18,334 --> 00:19:20,970 Yeah, if anything qualifies somebody to be a legend, 508 00:19:21,070 --> 00:19:23,105 I think that story makes it. 509 00:19:23,206 --> 00:19:25,107 Um, let's talk about the sport itself. 510 00:19:25,208 --> 00:19:28,611 You know, you talked about back then what it was like 511 00:19:28,711 --> 00:19:32,315 being in the league as the first and only Black player. 512 00:19:32,448 --> 00:19:33,883 You had teammates who supported you, 513 00:19:33,983 --> 00:19:36,152 you had fans who cheered for you, but there was also 514 00:19:36,252 --> 00:19:39,589 the fans who really could only think of the color of your skin 515 00:19:39,689 --> 00:19:41,090 as the reason that they didn't like you. 516 00:19:41,190 --> 00:19:43,125 You know, they were shouting slurs at you on the ice, 517 00:19:43,226 --> 00:19:45,861 or they were shouting slurs at you from the stands. 518 00:19:45,962 --> 00:19:47,697 I'd love to know how you blocked out that noise. 519 00:19:47,797 --> 00:19:49,365 You know, I mean, that truly affects you 520 00:19:49,465 --> 00:19:52,134 as a human being, but you found a way to persevere. 521 00:19:52,235 --> 00:19:55,071 Was that something you had just grown up with in your family, 522 00:19:55,171 --> 00:19:56,639 or did you put your head down, and...? 523 00:19:56,739 --> 00:19:58,074 Like, how did you do that? 524 00:19:58,174 --> 00:20:00,576 Well, I just put my head down. I was called the "N" word 525 00:20:00,676 --> 00:20:04,413 every time I stepped on the ice by players on the opposition, 526 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:05,781 by fans in the stands. 527 00:20:05,882 --> 00:20:07,783 If I had a penalty, and I went in the penalty box, 528 00:20:07,884 --> 00:20:09,285 I could hear them saying the "N" word, 529 00:20:09,418 --> 00:20:10,720 but I just blocked if out, 530 00:20:10,820 --> 00:20:13,256 thanks to my older brother, again. 531 00:20:13,422 --> 00:20:15,458 And he told me, "willie, if they can't accept you 532 00:20:15,558 --> 00:20:17,226 "for the individual that you are, 533 00:20:17,326 --> 00:20:19,128 "because you have the skills and ability 534 00:20:19,228 --> 00:20:20,963 to play in the league at this particular time," 535 00:20:21,063 --> 00:20:22,465 he said, "forget about everything else." 536 00:20:22,565 --> 00:20:25,334 He said, "Just go out, stay focused on your goal 537 00:20:25,434 --> 00:20:27,904 and work hard." And basically, that's what I did. 538 00:20:28,004 --> 00:20:32,174 But I mean, I... It was really rough at the beginning, Trevor. 539 00:20:32,275 --> 00:20:36,445 It really was, but finally, I gained the respect 540 00:20:36,479 --> 00:20:39,448 of the players and the oppos... and the fans. 541 00:20:39,549 --> 00:20:41,584 Man, I can... I honestly can't even imagine 542 00:20:41,684 --> 00:20:44,153 how hard it must have been, you know, being in that world. 543 00:20:44,253 --> 00:20:47,356 Um, there are over a hundred Black players, you know, 544 00:20:47,456 --> 00:20:49,492 who have now played in the NHL. 545 00:20:49,592 --> 00:20:51,661 Many of them have either talked about your story 546 00:20:51,761 --> 00:20:52,795 or they've talked about your journey 547 00:20:52,895 --> 00:20:54,263 in some way inspiring them, 548 00:20:54,397 --> 00:20:56,699 but they've also talked about how difficult it can be 549 00:20:56,799 --> 00:20:59,101 being the only Black player on a team, you know, 550 00:20:59,202 --> 00:21:02,605 the only Black player who's representing a franchise. 551 00:21:02,705 --> 00:21:05,741 You know, were there any tips that you gave 552 00:21:05,841 --> 00:21:07,410 to any of these players or were there any tips 553 00:21:07,443 --> 00:21:09,445 that you learned that would help you 554 00:21:09,545 --> 00:21:11,414 not-- almost carry the entire burden 555 00:21:11,514 --> 00:21:14,150 of being the only Black player on a team? 556 00:21:14,250 --> 00:21:15,651 You know, being able to fail for Willie 557 00:21:15,751 --> 00:21:17,286 or being able to succeed for Willie 558 00:21:17,420 --> 00:21:19,789 and not always worrying that it, you know, it represents 559 00:21:19,889 --> 00:21:23,759 all of Blackness at the same time, which it did and didn't. 560 00:21:23,859 --> 00:21:26,062 Well, I met a lot of the Black players and players of color 561 00:21:26,162 --> 00:21:29,131 that are playing in the league at the present time, 562 00:21:29,232 --> 00:21:32,301 and, you know, some of them that I have met, they said, 563 00:21:32,435 --> 00:21:34,604 "Willie, I just can't imagine what you had to go through 564 00:21:34,704 --> 00:21:37,974 to make it possible for players like me to play in the league." 565 00:21:38,074 --> 00:21:40,009 He says, "I just-- I have the highest respect 566 00:21:40,109 --> 00:21:42,044 and the highest admiration for you." 567 00:21:42,144 --> 00:21:43,880 He said, "What you-what you had to do, you must have 568 00:21:43,980 --> 00:21:45,982 had to turn your cheek a thousand times." 569 00:21:46,082 --> 00:21:48,651 And I said, "I just stayed... I stayed focused 570 00:21:48,751 --> 00:21:51,387 "on what I wanted to do. I-I worked hard. 571 00:21:51,454 --> 00:21:54,290 "And I told myself 'I'm good enough to play 572 00:21:54,390 --> 00:21:55,558 "'in the league and, uh, 573 00:21:55,658 --> 00:21:57,493 '"just-just work hard 574 00:21:57,593 --> 00:22:00,630 and, uh, stay confident.'" 575 00:22:00,730 --> 00:22:03,132 Let's talk a little bit about the future. You know, you... 576 00:22:03,232 --> 00:22:05,001 We're celebrating you and you've been celebrated 577 00:22:05,101 --> 00:22:06,869 for such a long time as being not just part of 578 00:22:06,969 --> 00:22:09,505 Black history but part of, also, the NHL's history. 579 00:22:09,605 --> 00:22:12,508 You have now been an ambassador for the National Hockey League, 580 00:22:12,608 --> 00:22:14,410 getting Black players into it, players of color, 581 00:22:14,510 --> 00:22:15,912 you know, kids who would have never thought that this could 582 00:22:16,012 --> 00:22:18,147 be their sport or maybe they wanted to get into it 583 00:22:18,247 --> 00:22:20,816 but couldn't-- it's an expensive sport to get into, you know? 584 00:22:20,917 --> 00:22:23,185 Your skates and-and all the equipment that you need 585 00:22:23,286 --> 00:22:26,255 to-to be part of-- it sometimes becomes a bigger barrier 586 00:22:26,422 --> 00:22:28,024 than even the color of your skin. 587 00:22:28,124 --> 00:22:30,026 When you're-when you're meeting with new kids and you-you're 588 00:22:30,126 --> 00:22:32,128 talking to these children who want to join in, 589 00:22:32,228 --> 00:22:34,297 how do you inspire them to get into a sport 590 00:22:34,430 --> 00:22:37,233 that sometimes might be just out of their reach? 591 00:22:37,333 --> 00:22:40,770 Well, we have, uh, organized programs 592 00:22:40,870 --> 00:22:42,438 all over North America. 593 00:22:42,538 --> 00:22:44,140 And when I first started, um, 594 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,108 there were ap-approximately five. 595 00:22:46,209 --> 00:22:48,244 We have about 36 now. 596 00:22:48,344 --> 00:22:49,745 And-and before the pandemic 597 00:22:49,845 --> 00:22:51,214 I was traveling around to these cities 598 00:22:51,380 --> 00:22:54,550 and, uh, uh, talking to the, uh, 599 00:22:54,650 --> 00:22:55,551 elementary schools, middle schools, 600 00:22:55,651 --> 00:22:57,186 junior high, high schools, 601 00:22:57,286 --> 00:23:01,290 um, Boys & Girls Clubs, YM/YWCAs, 602 00:23:01,390 --> 00:23:03,826 juvenile detention facilities to let them know 603 00:23:03,926 --> 00:23:06,462 that there is a sport that they can play if they want to, 604 00:23:06,562 --> 00:23:08,998 and, uh, all you have to do is come to the rink 605 00:23:09,098 --> 00:23:11,601 and, uh, we-we'll learn you how to skate. 606 00:23:11,701 --> 00:23:13,603 And, uh, if you, if you follow, 607 00:23:13,703 --> 00:23:16,072 we'll get you on an organized, an organized team 608 00:23:16,172 --> 00:23:18,140 where you're able to, able to play. 609 00:23:18,241 --> 00:23:20,543 I mean, uh, hockey's a fun sport... 610 00:23:20,643 --> 00:23:22,812 but I tell these kids, if you're not having fun, don't play it. 611 00:23:22,912 --> 00:23:24,046 Uh, find another sport. 612 00:23:24,146 --> 00:23:25,414 -(Noah laughs) -But, uh, 613 00:23:25,481 --> 00:23:27,283 I... I can honestly say 614 00:23:27,416 --> 00:23:30,620 that, uh, the clinics that I've conducted over the years, 615 00:23:30,720 --> 00:23:33,489 once I get these boys and girls on the ice, 616 00:23:33,589 --> 00:23:35,558 I've not had one boy or girl come up and say, 617 00:23:35,658 --> 00:23:37,426 "Um, nah, Mr. O'Ree, I don't like this. 618 00:23:37,493 --> 00:23:39,228 -I'm not coming back." -Wow. 619 00:23:39,328 --> 00:23:41,230 So it's a nice feeling to reach out 620 00:23:41,330 --> 00:23:43,299 and even-- and just touch one individual 621 00:23:43,432 --> 00:23:45,501 and make a difference in their life. 622 00:23:45,601 --> 00:23:47,570 Well, that's why you are who you are. 623 00:23:47,670 --> 00:23:49,438 That's why you are receiving not just the medal 624 00:23:49,539 --> 00:23:51,374 but all the praise, and we celebrate you. 625 00:23:51,407 --> 00:23:53,242 Thank you so much, uh, Mr. Willie O'Ree. 626 00:23:53,376 --> 00:23:54,911 Thank you so much for joining us on the show, 627 00:23:55,011 --> 00:23:56,646 thank you for what you've done, and, uh, thank you 628 00:23:56,746 --> 00:23:58,881 for the joy that you've brought to the sport and to the world. 629 00:23:58,981 --> 00:24:00,216 -We appreciate you. -Thank you. 630 00:24:00,383 --> 00:24:01,617 All right, don't go away, because after the break 631 00:24:01,717 --> 00:24:03,519 I'm gonna be chatting to Jessica Kingdon, 632 00:24:03,619 --> 00:24:06,489 who's made a documentary that takes us into China 633 00:24:06,589 --> 00:24:08,824 and shows us what some of their challenges are 634 00:24:08,925 --> 00:24:10,092 that we may not know about. 635 00:24:10,192 --> 00:24:12,194 You don't want to miss it. 636 00:24:13,913 --> 00:24:15,548 Welcome back to The Daily Show. 637 00:24:15,648 --> 00:24:17,483 My guest tonight is filmmaker Jessica Kingdon. 638 00:24:17,583 --> 00:24:19,385 She's here to talk about Ascension, 639 00:24:19,485 --> 00:24:21,153 her Oscar-nominated documentary 640 00:24:21,253 --> 00:24:24,390 that examines the contemporary Chinese dream. 641 00:24:24,490 --> 00:24:26,425 Jessica Kingdon, welcome to The Daily Show. 642 00:24:26,525 --> 00:24:27,726 Thank you so much for having me. 643 00:24:27,827 --> 00:24:29,462 It's a complete honor to be here. 644 00:24:29,562 --> 00:24:31,030 Well, let's talk about the film. 645 00:24:31,130 --> 00:24:33,432 It's very seldom that you see China, 646 00:24:33,532 --> 00:24:35,468 and it's very seldom that you see China 647 00:24:35,568 --> 00:24:37,236 not from China's perspective 648 00:24:37,336 --> 00:24:38,671 and not from, like, the West's perspective 649 00:24:38,771 --> 00:24:41,173 but just in China. So let's start with that. 650 00:24:41,273 --> 00:24:44,910 How on earth do you get to make a documentary in China 651 00:24:45,010 --> 00:24:47,379 in all the places that you got to make the documentary? 652 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:49,915 Because the film itself is not politically... 653 00:24:50,015 --> 00:24:51,650 overtly political 654 00:24:51,750 --> 00:24:55,621 and we're not filming in any, um, "sensitive areas." 655 00:24:55,721 --> 00:24:58,724 -Right. -So we were able to be extremely straightforward 656 00:24:58,824 --> 00:25:00,126 about what we were doing, 657 00:25:00,226 --> 00:25:03,129 and a lot of it was just simply asking these locations. 658 00:25:03,229 --> 00:25:06,899 "Hey, we're an independent American documentary film crew 659 00:25:06,999 --> 00:25:09,535 "coming to make a film about China's economic rise. 660 00:25:09,635 --> 00:25:11,403 "Can we come and film in your factory? 661 00:25:11,504 --> 00:25:13,372 Can we come and film in your manner school?" 662 00:25:13,472 --> 00:25:14,807 Et cetera. Surprisingly, 663 00:25:14,907 --> 00:25:16,742 the thing that people were worried about 664 00:25:16,842 --> 00:25:18,277 is not something I anticipated. 665 00:25:18,377 --> 00:25:21,514 A lot of factory managers, um, were worried 666 00:25:21,614 --> 00:25:22,681 that we were gonna scam them 667 00:25:22,782 --> 00:25:24,016 and try to get money out of them. 668 00:25:24,116 --> 00:25:26,018 -In what way? -Like, to hit them up with a bill 669 00:25:26,118 --> 00:25:29,021 -for appearing in our movie later on. -(laughing) 670 00:25:29,088 --> 00:25:31,190 -(chuckles) Yeah, it was amaz... -Wait, are you being serious? 671 00:25:31,290 --> 00:25:32,658 I'm dead serious. 672 00:25:32,758 --> 00:25:35,394 Another suspicion that happened was in the textile man... 673 00:25:35,494 --> 00:25:37,496 one of the textile manufacturing companies. 674 00:25:37,596 --> 00:25:39,632 He thought that we were there trying... 675 00:25:39,732 --> 00:25:43,602 from a corporation trying to, um, take the technology secrets. 676 00:25:43,702 --> 00:25:45,204 You were trying to steal their tech 677 00:25:45,304 --> 00:25:46,906 -and then go and make your own textile... -Yeah. 678 00:25:47,039 --> 00:25:50,843 -Exactly. -It-it feels like what also makes this film different 679 00:25:50,943 --> 00:25:53,579 is you're not telling us anything. 680 00:25:53,679 --> 00:25:55,247 You're just showing us things. 681 00:25:55,347 --> 00:25:57,516 You know, there's no one who's narrating. 682 00:25:57,616 --> 00:25:59,785 There's nobody who's giving you their opinion. 683 00:25:59,885 --> 00:26:01,787 You see, like, you know, low-income workers, 684 00:26:01,887 --> 00:26:03,456 we see the middling class that's burgeoning, 685 00:26:03,556 --> 00:26:05,257 and then we see, like, wealthy Chinese people. 686 00:26:05,357 --> 00:26:08,427 You even take us into, um, a-a factory 687 00:26:08,527 --> 00:26:11,297 that is making very advanced, um, sex dolls, 688 00:26:11,397 --> 00:26:12,832 and I-I just want to play a clip of that. 689 00:26:12,998 --> 00:26:14,900 ♪ ♪ 690 00:26:44,029 --> 00:26:45,397 So, two things for me. 691 00:26:45,498 --> 00:26:48,067 One, I didn't know sex dolls had gotten that advanced. 692 00:26:48,167 --> 00:26:49,301 Genuinely. 693 00:26:49,401 --> 00:26:50,669 Like, when I was a kid, I remember sex dolls 694 00:26:50,769 --> 00:26:52,171 were, like, these inflatable things. 695 00:26:52,271 --> 00:26:55,708 But, two, I-I don't know if you did this on purpose, 696 00:26:55,808 --> 00:26:58,711 but that whole scene in its entirety is-is-- 697 00:26:58,811 --> 00:27:01,480 has so many paradoxes, in a way. 698 00:27:01,580 --> 00:27:03,282 When you were making the film, weren't you ever tempted 699 00:27:03,382 --> 00:27:05,084 to step in and go, like, "This is what this means"? 700 00:27:05,184 --> 00:27:07,052 Or-or you-- Were you happy for us, the viewer, 701 00:27:07,153 --> 00:27:09,054 to just watch for ourselves and decide? 702 00:27:09,088 --> 00:27:10,956 I don't think I could even say what it means, 703 00:27:11,056 --> 00:27:12,358 to be honest with you. 704 00:27:12,458 --> 00:27:14,827 I mean. I think there are so many meanings that are... 705 00:27:14,994 --> 00:27:17,530 -can be found within that one clip even. -Mm-hmm. 706 00:27:17,630 --> 00:27:19,465 But like you said, something that struck me 707 00:27:19,565 --> 00:27:22,768 about this place was the paradox of it, where on one hand, 708 00:27:22,868 --> 00:27:25,671 -it seems like one of the most exploitative factories. -Right. 709 00:27:25,771 --> 00:27:27,740 There are these, um, replicas of bodies 710 00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:29,742 literally made for exploitation. 711 00:27:29,842 --> 00:27:33,145 But on the other hand, the women are handling the dolls, 712 00:27:33,245 --> 00:27:36,515 and also working together, with a certain type of tenderness 713 00:27:36,615 --> 00:27:38,684 that I found very touching. 714 00:27:38,784 --> 00:27:40,820 And the conversations that they're having with one another, 715 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,924 too, are, um, almost accidentally poetic sometimes. 716 00:27:45,024 --> 00:27:47,726 And so, I found that really beautiful, and, um, 717 00:27:47,827 --> 00:27:50,095 that was a paradox that I was really trying to lean into, 718 00:27:50,196 --> 00:27:52,164 -and look for and draw out. -Mm-hmm. 719 00:27:52,264 --> 00:27:54,166 And it wasn't something that I had to go in 720 00:27:54,266 --> 00:27:55,768 and try to manufacture. 721 00:27:55,868 --> 00:27:57,403 It was just something that was already there. 722 00:27:57,503 --> 00:27:59,138 And I think a lot of this type of filmmaking 723 00:27:59,238 --> 00:28:02,041 is about the patience to sort of sit 724 00:28:02,107 --> 00:28:03,409 -with these sort of moments... -Oh, yes. 725 00:28:03,509 --> 00:28:05,878 ...and allow them to-to emerge, 726 00:28:06,045 --> 00:28:09,482 instead of trying to go and, um, you know, prove a certain point. 727 00:28:09,582 --> 00:28:12,084 It's wonderful to just see, 728 00:28:12,184 --> 00:28:14,854 just a world happening, but in a way 729 00:28:14,987 --> 00:28:18,324 where it doesn't feel A-- like you said-- manufactured, 730 00:28:18,424 --> 00:28:22,862 but also, where something is happening. 731 00:28:22,995 --> 00:28:24,263 You know, there's a lot of stories 732 00:28:24,363 --> 00:28:26,465 that happen in how people live. 733 00:28:26,565 --> 00:28:28,567 And it was nice to watch that in a documentary-- 734 00:28:28,667 --> 00:28:30,536 just see people living-- but then also, 735 00:28:30,636 --> 00:28:33,205 -there's a story being told by how the people live. -Right. 736 00:28:33,305 --> 00:28:36,675 It's just the art of observing and seeing what comes up. 737 00:28:36,775 --> 00:28:38,444 -So... -Yeah. No, you're a better filmmaker 738 00:28:38,544 --> 00:28:40,246 than I would ever be. I'd always be tempted 739 00:28:40,346 --> 00:28:42,314 to, like, jump in, just be... 740 00:28:42,414 --> 00:28:43,916 I was very tempted a lot of the times. 741 00:28:44,016 --> 00:28:45,818 It took a lot of discipline. 742 00:28:45,918 --> 00:28:48,220 -You didn't see the outtakes, yeah. -Okay, okay, okay, okay. 743 00:28:48,320 --> 00:28:51,457 You know, the China I had known for so many years was just 744 00:28:51,557 --> 00:28:55,027 all industrial and very-- and in this documentary we start to see 745 00:28:55,127 --> 00:28:57,563 a new world that is forming where people are now learning 746 00:28:57,663 --> 00:28:59,932 how to be influencers and the culture is changing. 747 00:29:00,032 --> 00:29:01,167 Would it be safe to say that there's almost, now, 748 00:29:01,267 --> 00:29:03,769 "the Chinese dream" like the American dream, 749 00:29:03,869 --> 00:29:06,038 where people are going, "We want to ascend in how 750 00:29:06,071 --> 00:29:09,241 -we live, earn, create"? -There's a lot of similarities 751 00:29:09,341 --> 00:29:11,110 with the Chinese dream and the American dream. 752 00:29:11,210 --> 00:29:13,712 I mean, the one thing that they both have in common 753 00:29:13,813 --> 00:29:16,315 is this idea, uh, this quest for upward mobility 754 00:29:16,415 --> 00:29:18,150 and this belief in the system 755 00:29:18,250 --> 00:29:20,686 that you will be rewarded materially for your hard work 756 00:29:20,786 --> 00:29:22,588 and, you know, are able to work yourself up 757 00:29:22,688 --> 00:29:25,057 to a middle-class lifestyle, which, of course, we know 758 00:29:25,157 --> 00:29:28,828 is not true for everyone. Um, but within China, 759 00:29:28,994 --> 00:29:32,331 I-I found that it was just interesting to see 760 00:29:32,431 --> 00:29:36,402 how a lot of it mirrors American style capitalism as well. 761 00:29:36,502 --> 00:29:39,171 There's so many different parallels that we wouldn't 762 00:29:39,271 --> 00:29:41,841 necessarily see on the surface, but if you kind of look closer 763 00:29:42,007 --> 00:29:44,376 you see a lot of it's echoed with one another. 764 00:29:44,477 --> 00:29:46,378 One of my favorite moments in the documentary 765 00:29:46,479 --> 00:29:48,481 is where you are in the factory where there are-- 766 00:29:48,581 --> 00:29:49,849 where they are making 767 00:29:50,015 --> 00:29:52,585 the Donald Trump "Make America Great Again" hats. 768 00:29:52,685 --> 00:29:54,220 They're, like, they're making the MAGA hats, 769 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:58,157 but you saw them making the "Keep America Great," 770 00:29:58,257 --> 00:30:00,326 and you thought-you thought they were messing up. 771 00:30:00,426 --> 00:30:02,361 Like, you thought they had totally messed up the-the... 772 00:30:02,461 --> 00:30:05,030 -the slogan. -That's right. This was, um, during 773 00:30:05,131 --> 00:30:06,665 Trump's re-election campaign. 774 00:30:06,765 --> 00:30:08,934 The manager told us, "Oh, you know, 775 00:30:09,034 --> 00:30:11,137 "all of the, uh, MAGA hats are gone 776 00:30:11,237 --> 00:30:13,706 because they were bought out by the Canadians." 777 00:30:13,806 --> 00:30:15,341 -Not something I would have expected. -(laughs) 778 00:30:15,441 --> 00:30:18,310 But okay, sure, Canada, uh, MAGA hats. 779 00:30:18,410 --> 00:30:21,480 Um, but instead, "Hey, we're actually making, um, 780 00:30:21,580 --> 00:30:24,316 Keep America Great, um, scarves," 781 00:30:24,416 --> 00:30:27,720 and I thought that that was kind of maybe a mistake 782 00:30:27,820 --> 00:30:29,121 -or a mistranslation or something. -Yeah. 783 00:30:29,221 --> 00:30:31,390 But we shot it anyway and they said, 784 00:30:31,490 --> 00:30:34,293 "No, no, this is his, um, new campaign slogan." 785 00:30:34,393 --> 00:30:36,829 And sure enough, six months later or whatever, 786 00:30:36,996 --> 00:30:38,464 we were seeing it everywhere, so... 787 00:30:38,564 --> 00:30:40,699 There's a saying that businesspeople in Yiwu, 788 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,202 the city where we were shooting, are ahead of the curve, 789 00:30:43,302 --> 00:30:45,171 ahead of the political trends 790 00:30:45,271 --> 00:30:46,872 because they are kind of like the base of manufacturing 791 00:30:47,006 --> 00:30:50,509 -where all of these global issues first come. -Wow. 792 00:30:50,609 --> 00:30:51,744 -Yeah. -I definitely want to go. 793 00:30:51,844 --> 00:30:53,112 I just want to see what my future is. 794 00:30:53,212 --> 00:30:54,780 -Yeah. -What shirts are they making about me? 795 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:56,282 -Exactly. -What, "Free Trevor Noah"? 796 00:30:56,382 --> 00:30:57,883 I'm-- wait, I'm gonna be in prison? 797 00:30:58,017 --> 00:30:59,485 Um... (laughs) 798 00:30:59,585 --> 00:31:01,053 Jessica, congratulations again on the Oscar nomination, 799 00:31:01,153 --> 00:31:03,422 and, um, thank you for making, really, 800 00:31:03,522 --> 00:31:05,257 one of the most fascinating documentaries out. 801 00:31:05,357 --> 00:31:06,258 Oh, thank you so much. 802 00:31:06,358 --> 00:31:08,194 This has been an absolute honor. 803 00:31:08,294 --> 00:31:10,629 All right, people, Jessica's documentary Ascension 804 00:31:10,729 --> 00:31:12,398 is now streaming on Paramount Plus. 805 00:31:12,498 --> 00:31:13,466 Trust me, you want to watch it. 806 00:31:13,566 --> 00:31:14,967 It's gonna teach you so much. 807 00:31:15,067 --> 00:31:16,135 We're gonna take a quick break, 808 00:31:16,235 --> 00:31:18,471 but we'll be right back after this. 809 00:31:21,874 --> 00:31:23,075 Well, that's our show for tonight, but before we go, 810 00:31:23,175 --> 00:31:25,144 in honor of Black History Month, The Daily Show's 811 00:31:25,244 --> 00:31:30,082 monochrome collection is getting an update with a brand new mug. 812 00:31:30,182 --> 00:31:33,118 Now, 100% of Paramount's proceeds will be donated 813 00:31:33,218 --> 00:31:34,820 to the National Black Arts Festival, 814 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,056 which supports arts and artists of African descent. 815 00:31:38,157 --> 00:31:40,859 So, if you want to support the National Black Arts Festival 816 00:31:40,959 --> 00:31:43,195 and grab your very own Daily Show mug, 817 00:31:43,295 --> 00:31:46,398 all you got to do is scan the QR code or head to the link below. 818 00:31:46,498 --> 00:31:48,634 Until tomorrow, stay safe out there, 819 00:31:48,734 --> 00:31:50,836 get your vaccine, and remember: 820 00:31:50,936 --> 00:31:53,805 if you're not sure that your baptism went through, 821 00:31:53,906 --> 00:31:55,674 you better find yourself a bird bath 822 00:31:55,774 --> 00:31:57,442 and dunk your head, just to be safe. 823 00:31:57,543 --> 00:31:59,978 Now, here it is, Your Moment of Zen. 824 00:32:00,078 --> 00:32:04,349 Additionally, if you open this up to ice fishing, well-- 825 00:32:04,449 --> 00:32:06,351 and on the surface it sounds good, 826 00:32:06,451 --> 00:32:07,820 then what happens next year? 827 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:11,790 Does someone come back and say, "I want an ice shanty"? 828 00:32:11,890 --> 00:32:14,693 -On Hudson Spring's park for X amount of time? -I don't know. 829 00:32:14,793 --> 00:32:20,032 And I you then allow ice... fishing with shanties, 830 00:32:20,132 --> 00:32:23,035 then that leads to another problem: 831 00:32:23,135 --> 00:32:24,036 prostitution. 832 00:32:24,136 --> 00:32:26,171 ♪ ♪