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Kash Patel Simps for Team USA, NYC Blizzard Shuts In Parents & SCOTUS Enrages Trump | The Daily Show

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This is the full, timestamped transcript of "Kash Patel Simps for Team USA, NYC Blizzard Shuts In Parents & SCOTUS Enrages Trump | The Daily Show", an episode of The Daily Show published February 24, 2026 (35 min, about 6,328 words). It mentions 23 people, works and ideas, including Matt O'Brien, Donald Trump, Tariffs, State of the Union, Hockey.

What this episode is about

The segment covers a recent blizzard in New York City, its impact on daily life and workflows, and a quick look at political headlines involving Kash Patel, NYC snow disruption for parents, and reactions to Trump from SCOTUS. It highlights weather-related challenges, media framing, and brief political context.

Key takeaways

  • Blizzard chaos exposes parenting paradox: joyous snow days collide with digital fatigue and desperate podcasting quiet.
  • Overtime gold becomes a cultural moment: rivalries fade as humor and politics crash the victory party.
  • Cash Patel’s celebratory vibe reveals the fragility of serious institutions leaking into pop culture.
  • Snow day nostalgia clashes with modern screens; tradition versus screen-time chaos is the new normal.
  • The episode’s meta joke: sponsors, viruses, and truth claims shuffle like a good, messy podcast script.

Who speaks in this episode?

What is discussed, and when

  1. – 5:00: iPad, norovirus, Matt O'Brien, Hockey
  2. – 10:00: Cash Patel, Donald Trump, Hockey, US men's and women's Olympic hockey team
  3. – 15:00: Tariffs, Canadian football, Hockey, Winter Olympics
  4. – 20:00: State of the Union, Tariffs, Hockey
  5. – 25:00: State of the Union, Tariffs
  6. – 30:00: Zoom, Ninjalux Cafe
  7. – 35:00: circle of life, Matt O'Brien, Nick & Sarah Allan, Ninjalux Cafe

Notable quotes from "Kash Patel Simps for Team USA, NYC Blizzard Shuts In Parents & SCOTUS Enrages Trump | The Daily Show"

  • Week and some of the stories that we're thinking about covering in the week ahead. My name is Matt O'Brien. I am a writer and producer at the show and I am joined by this week's host, the hilarious Desi Leid. Hi Desi.
    about Matt O'Brien · at
  • Of course, one story that we that everybody is still kind of a buzz about is the US men's and women's Olympic hockey team, both winning gold. Yes.
    about Hockey · at
  • It was right on cue that he put him on speaker phone in the locker room. And in that call, President Trump said he invited the men's team to the White House on Tuesday. And then I, I guess, I don't know if exact words, but it was sort of.
    about Donald Trump · at
  • Yeah, speaking of rigged. So, congratulations to the men's and women's hockey team. And of course, we have a Canadian producer on our podcast named Allan. Allan, are you there?
    about Nick & Sarah Allan · at
  • Yeah. The Olympics happen a couple times a year, right?
    about Winter Olympics · at
  • So, any thoughts on that? That's a huge Sorry, actually, there's an update. I think the tariffs are now at 17%.
    about Tariffs · at
  • How is the State of the Union, Matt?
    about State of the Union · at
  • Catchup and we were having a hard time getting together. And so, she asked me to schedule a time on the calendar like it's a Zoom meeting to meet up. And we penciled in we penciled in a meetup over Zoom just like you would a work meeting.
    about Zoom · at

Who and what is mentioned in this episode?

People

  • Matt O'Brien — Person · Host / interviewer · 2 mentions · first at
    He introduces the 'precap' format, interviews Desi Leid, and steers discussion across the blizzard, Olympics, tariffs, and the State of the Union.
  • Donald Trump — Person · Referenced political figure / subject of critique · 1 mention · first at
    He is discussed in relation to tariffs, his reaction to the Olympic hockey wins, and expectations for his State of the Union address; both hosts criticize his behavior and rhetoric.
  • Nick & Sarah Allan — Person · Producer (on-air cameo) / comedic foil · 1 mention · first at
    A Canadian producer brought in to react to Canada losing to the U.S. in Olympic hockey; he is teased and provides a brief audio/levels joke.
  • Cash Patel — Person · Referenced political appointee / subject of ridicule · 2 mentions · first at
    Discussed as (in the episode’s framing) the FBI director partying with the Olympic team, used to underscore perceived unseriousness in government.
    He would be happier as like a bar stool correspondent.
  • Joe Rogan — Person · Referenced media figure (joke comparison) · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as a humorous comparison about podcasting from a bedroom/remote setup.
    That's where Joe Rogan does his podcast.

Companies & orgs

  • US men's and women's Olympic hockey team — Organization · Referenced sports organizations · 2 mentions · first at
    They are celebrated for winning gold in overtime against Canada; their win triggers discussion of Trump’s call and Cash Patel’s celebration.
    Of course, one story that we that everybody is still kind of a buzz about is the US men's and women's Olympic hockey team, both winning gold. Yes.
  • Dairy Queen — Company · Referenced brand in illness anecdote · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned as the place associated with Matt O'Brien's norovirus story; used for humor and sponsor-related joking.
    This is more so this is the most intense blizzard I've ever experienced and that includes getting norovirus from Dairy Queen. So wow that and that wasense I hope Dairy Queen's not a sponsor. I hope we'll find.

Products & tech

  • Zoom — Technology · Remote communication tool / parenting context · 3 mentions · first at
    Appears in discussion of 'no Zoom school' during the blizzard and in Desi Leid’s story about scheduling friend catch-ups like work meetings.
  • iPad — Product · Parenting device / creative tool · 2 mentions · first at
    Used as an example of kids binging content on snow days and as the device enabling stop-motion animation apps for Matt O'Brien's daughter.
    No Zoom school, no homework, traditional snow day. But inevitably in my house, that means that my kid's going to be on his iPad for 14 hours binge watching Stranger Things or something. he's he's not going outside.

Concepts & topics

  • Tariffs — Concept · Core policy topic · 5 mentions · first at
    A major news story they 'missed' is the Supreme Court ruling on Trump's unilateral tariffs and his subsequent attempts to impose new global tariff rates.
  • Hockey — Concept · Sports topic / comedic setup · 4 mentions · first at
    Used to discuss the U.S. Olympic wins over Canada and to tease their Canadian producer; also used to comment on Trump’s reactions.
  • circle of life — Concept · Punchline / thematic phrase · 3 mentions · first at
    Matt O'Brien recounts his daughter's stop-motion film ending with death; her response 'Circle of life, man' becomes the comedic capstone of the segment.
    And she looked at me and she just went, Circle of life, man.
  • norovirus — Concept · Anecdote / comedic comparison · 2 mentions · first at
    Used as a humorous benchmark for how intense the blizzard feels, tied to a story about getting sick after Dairy Queen.
    This is more so this is the most intense blizzard I've ever experienced and that includes getting norovirus from Dairy Queen. So wow that and that wasense I hope Dairy Queen's not a sponsor. I hope we'll find.
  • Canadian football — Concept · Comedic reference (Canadian sports) · 2 mentions · first at
    Used in Allan's joke about sports rankings in Canada, contrasting with U.S. attitudes toward hockey.
    Yeah, same. it's like Canadian football, curling, high jump, and then hockey right down there. So, it's not it's not wounding the national pride or.
  • neurovirus — Concept · Throwaway joke / misstatement · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned jokingly in the sponsor riff about paying to clarify a product doesn't give you a 'neurovirus' (likely a mistaken wordplay off norovirus).
    If you pay us enough money, we will clarify that your product doesn't give you neurovirus.

Places & events

  • State of the Union — Event · Upcoming political event / discussion anchor · 7 mentions · first at
    They preview expectations for Trump's address, framing it as a recap of his social media posts and speculating on how 'unhinged' it may be.
  • Winter Olympics — Event · Referenced sports event · 2 mentions · first at
    Provides the context for the U.S. men’s and women’s hockey gold medals and the Canada–U.S. rivalry discussed with Allan.
  • British Columbia — Place · Referenced location (Canadian viewing context) · 1 mention · first at
    Used to illustrate Canadians watching the Olympic game early due to time zones, reinforcing the Canada hockey angle.
    I think we're just all wondering why, they open the bars at 5:00 a.m. in British Columbia so that people could watch the game. I'm just picturing all the Canadians stumbling out of the bar at 7 a.m. drunk.

Media & podcasts

  • Minecraft — Media · Example game (kids during blizzard) · 1 mention · first at
    Referenced as what the kids are playing to stay quiet during recording, reinforcing the snow-day parenting theme.
    Are You know what? I think they're playing Minecraft because I need them to be quiet while I'm podcasting.
  • Stranger Things — Media · Example TV show (kids binge-watching) · 1 mention · first at
    Referenced as the kind of content kids might binge on an iPad during a snow day.
    Traditional snow day. But inevitably in my house, that means that my kid's going to be on his iPad for 14 hours binge watching Stranger Things or something. he's he's not going outside.
  • Degrassi — Media · Comedic reference (Canadian culture) · 1 mention · first at
    Appears in Allan's joking 'rankings' of Canadian priorities/sports, used to tease Canadian identity.
    Yeah, I think it was Degrassi shit's created rivalry.

Sponsors

  • Ninjalux Cafe — Product · Sponsor product (ad read) · 3 mentions · first at
    It is the episode sponsor and is read twice as an ad, framing the 'Daily Show and Tell' segment.
    This episode is brought to you by Ninjalux Cafe, the threein-one machine that makes espresso, drip coffee, and cold brew. No barista skills required.
  • soft serve ice cream — Concept · Comedic sponsor-adjacent reference · 1 mention · first at
    Mentioned in the norovirus/Dairy Queen riff as they joke about a competing soft-serve company sponsoring them.
    Maybe there's a competing soft serve ice cream company that wants to step in and we will mention that it doesn't give you norovirus.

Full transcript with timestamps

This episode is brought to you by Ninjalux Cafe, the threein-one machine that makes espresso, drip coffee, and cold brew. No barista skills required. Uh hello, welcome to the precap. This is a daily show podcast where we sit down with this week's host to discuss some of the stories that we maybe missed last week and some of the stories that we're thinking about covering in the week ahead. My name is Matt O'Brien. I am a writer and producer at the show

and I am joined by this week's host, the hilarious Desi Leid. Hi Desi. Hi Matt. What a lovely open. Thank you for that.

Thank you very much. Very kind. Very generous of you. The months of rehearsal uh has paid off.

Yeah. We have successfully opened our podcast. Um we are coming to you remotely instead of in person of course because of a giant blizzard

in New York City. I'm broadcasting from my daughter's eight uh my 8-year-old daughter's bedroom.

Oh, nice. Um I'm broadcasting from my home office, also known as my bedroom in a tiny New York City apartment.

That's where Joe Rogan does his podcast. Yes, I think so. In my tiny New York City apartment. We share space. Joe and I. Yeah.

All right. So, um, let's talk about, we were off last week, so let's talk about maybe some of the things we missed very quickly.

Of course, the blizzard. The blizzard is Yeah. pretty top of mind as I'm looking out my window. It's intense.

Yes. This is my windows are covered. Yeah, same. And stacked just stacked snow. And I'm looking at the trees outside going like I'm just hoping that the branches don't break off. It's

for sure. This is I I was remembering moving to New York in 2015 and there was a blizzard early in the year of 2016 about 10 years ago and I remember that being pretty intense but this is I think this is more so this is the most intense blizzard I've ever experienced and that includes getting norovirus from Dairy Queen. So

wow that and that wasense I hope Dairy Queen's not a sponsor. I hope we'll find out. Not anymore.

I guess we'll see. Um, it's also Yeah, don't be silly. We don't have sponsors for this.

Maybe there's a competing uh soft serve ice cream uh company that wants to step in and we will uh mention that it doesn't give you norovirus.

The the non-norovirus soft serve. If you pay us enough money, we will we will clarify that your product doesn't give you neurovirus.

That's right. Um, but it's going to cost you. So, of course, you and I are both parents, so we were stuck at home with our kids. So, there's a

a simmering tension, of course, to this blizzard. Um, it's not a winter wonderland as much as it is

um a day inside with shouting. Yeah. And bored children. Bored screens. But I do appreciate a good old-fashioned snow day with no Zoom school. I do appreciate that. Mom, Donnie was like, "No Zoom school, no homework, traditional snow day." But inevitably in my house, that means that my kid's going to be on his iPad for 14 hours binge watching Stranger Things or something. I mean, he's he's not going outside.

Same with my I mean, we force our kids to go outside. Yeah. Uh because they look at a snow day as a green light to break all the time limits.

Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. All the diet, all the sugar restrictions everything. Oh, everything. It all goes out the window.

It's chaos inside and outside the house. What are they doing right now? Are they Are they on their iPad?

Are uh You know what? I I I think they're playing Minecraft because I need them to be quiet while I'm podcasting.

Whatever it takes. Um Daddy's podcasting. We better play Minecraft. Um what a weird childhood.

Don't disturb Daddy when he's podcasting. We'll never hear that. As if I as if I do it very often,

right? It's his it's his his thrice year his thrice yearly podcast. We can't ruin it.

Always podcasting. He's always You're a better man for it, Matt. I appreciate it's the only thing they're going to remember about their childhood is my podcasting.

Of course, one story that we that everybody is still kind of a buzz about is the US men's and women's Olympic hockey team, both winning gold. Yes.

Both in overtime. Yeah. Both over Canada. Yes. The the world hockey powerhouse.

Um an incredible a very nice kind of old school USA Olympic moment. Um incredible that they both did it in the exact same way. Scored a goal in overtime.

Yeah. um in kind of one of the centerpieces of the Winter Olympics. Um that photo of Jack Hughes raising his fist with his bloody teeth is I think an all-time great Olympic image.

Um and then of course uh the FBI director Cash Patel. Yes, of course the FBI director Cash Patel chugging a beer and celebrating dropping fbombs with the uh with the US men's Olympic team. Uh, it's hard to take our country seriously.

It really is. I mean, the men win gold and they get Cash Patel. I think I'll take the silver. Thank you very much. He is It's like It's just such proof that he doesn't want to be the director of the FBI. He just wants to be in the cool kids club. Like, he just wants to be part of the gang, you know?

He would be happier as like a bar stool correspondent. Totally. Totally. We'd all be better off for it. Oh, 100%. He would be great at it.

Of course, I'm I'm very patriotic. I I I root for for our team to win, but there was a small part of me that was hoping that Canada would win just so we didn't have to deal deal with Trump's insufferable responses. And I'm I'm realizing that that small part of me was 100% spot on.

It was right on cue that he put him on speaker phone in the locker room. And in that call, uh, President Trump said he invited the men's team to the White House

on Tuesday. And then I, I guess, I don't know if exact words, but it was sort of like, and yeah, and sorry, we're going to have to invite the women as well.

As if it was an imposition. Invite the women. It's an imposition to to invite the women's team to the White.

I guess we'll have to invite the women as well. Uh, I guess I I uh what an insane thing for the president to say.

Unbelievable. Like he he just can't help himself. I am praying that the women's team comes back and they're like, "Nah, we're good."

That would be fantastic. I mean, please. I'm sorry, but unfortunately, we're going to have to say no.

Yeah. Or they could go to a maybe they go to the competing Democrat State of the

Oh, even better. That would be even better. Just like a Buffalo, honestly. Just a Buffalo Wild Wings or something. Some

plans little place that is so so much less regal, but uh at least I don't have to be around him.

It's so crazy to me how he spends a year saying, "I want to protect women in sports," but then he's like, "But I don't want women in sports in my house."

Like, what the hell? No one's no one's more pro- women than me. Totally. And then gh we have to invite the women steam to the White House.

Just can't help that. As if that was going to denigrate their coming to uh he's not koi.

No, that's for sure. Um what a charmer that guy. He just can't help himself. Congratulations to the women's team on their gold medal. Um, I guess I have to be happy about it.

I I was surprised that he didn't talk to them about the rigg rigged election after the game.

Yeah, same. Uh, this game wasn't rigged, but you know what was rigged? Speaking of rigged,

yeah, speaking of rigged. So, congratulations to the men's and women's hockey team. And of course, we have a Canadian producer on our podcast named Allan. Allan, are you there?

Oh, yeah. We should check in with Alan. We should check in on him. Wow. Your face is despondent. And I understand.

Oh god. This was um I mean I told you guys we were taking this out of the we were taking this out of the outline and No, this is staying in the out This is staying in the outline Alan.

No, this is No, this is staying in. This says bolded app must do. Must stay in the podcast. In fact, I'm doing the edit on this, so this will absolutely 100% be in. How are you doing? Are you doing okay? I assume that you all must be pretty upset about this.

Yeah. Yeah. Just uh Yeah, there's a little little saltiness out there. You're a real sitting duck on this podcast. It's unbelievable. Desi could just go through and unload.

I think we're just all wondering why, you know, they open the bars at 5:00 a.m. in British Columbia so that that people could watch the game. I'm just picturing all the the Canadians stumbling out of the bar at 7 a.m. drunk and mad.

Um God, you know, but I think, you know, we'll rebuild. We'll we'll have to find a way to come back. And uh yeah,

no rioting this time. Usually when that's good. When the Canucks have gotten to the finals in the past and uh and lost, it's been some some gentle rioting. And so I feel like we're growing as a people

for sure. Well, when Canada becomes the 51st state, we will have won the gold and the silver.

Alan, if it makes you feel any better, I I just I want you to know hockey is like number seven for us in terms of favorite American sports. So, it really it doesn't mean that much to us. H how about for in in Canada? Where does hockey rank?

Yeah, same same. you know, it's like Canadian football, curling, uh, high jump, and then and then hockey right down there. So, you know, it's not it's not wounding the national pride or anything. It's, uh, we're taking it well. I think everybody's reacting normally.

Yeah. I think the internet is calm. Yeah, totally. I'm sorry. You said Canadian football.

Everybody plays Canadian football. You got to play Canadian football, right? Just really popular football.

You know what's popular? Well, you have to qualify Canadian football. Uh, wow. Okay. Um, and then I just want to make sure we Can you take that back, Alan,

one more time and just give us the rankings? I want to make sure that we have it.

Yeah, I think it was it was Degrassi shit's created rivalry. Okay, good. Good. Alan, while we have you, can you just check our levels real quick? I just want to make sure our levels are good.

Yeah. Uh, weirdly, that whole last chunk was muted. Um, so I think we can just we can just move on. Yeah. Yeah.

Um, okay. Apologies, Alan. Um, we, uh, time heals all wounds and, uh, we look forward to, you know what, by next week, you will only be a tiny bit less sad. But each week, by summer, um, you will still be sad.

Yeah. The Olympics happen a couple times a year, right? Sure. You only have to wait four agonizing years for redemption. Oh man, I hadn't thought of that. U Oh, Allan's gone. He's stormed off.

He left us and will never return. The most Canadian storming off ever. Hitting mute.

Very turning off his camera. Politely passive aggressive. Well, I never. Yes. Um All right. So, um TSA pre-check was shut down and Global Entry at the airport was shut down momentarily. Um, and now it's back apparently. Um,

that was like what what was it like eight hours? It was about It was about eight hours.

Roughly eight hours. That's a level of competence that I've become accustomed to.

Yeah. And it feels like they sometimes they'll make decisions like this and kind of put out their feelers very quick like, "So, we are going to shut down TSA pre-check." And then they see the blowback and go, "You know what?

Never mind. Just kidding. Just wanted to see. Just, you know, they dipped their toe in the reaction, I guess.

Yeah, that was an intern that put that announcement out. Yes, it was an intern's idea to shut down.

Uh, it doesn't make my I t I have TSA pre-check. I don't want to brag. Oh, excuse me. Elitist.

Something Yeah, thank you. And Global Entry. You know what? I have I have it, too. If I'm Yeah.

Um, elitist. Yeah. So, it's something you pay extra for. So, I don't quite understand. I don't understand what the thought process was. Like that comes out of your pocket, not the government's pocket. So why is that maybe why they eventually decided this is a terrible idea?

Or they know it just make people mad and they could run that Christy Gnome video of telling people that the Democrats have shut down the government.

Yeah, it feels like maybe a little more likely what it was. I love that they're like that honestly, Mother Nature is the real DHS here. DHS is like, "We're going to shut down TSA and Global Entry and Mother Nature's like, I'm shutting down the East Coast, bitch." Show you whatever.

I don't care if you've paid extra. Yeah. And given us your eyeball data. I'm shutting her down.

Shutting her down. And then let's see here. Do you want to do Do you want to talk about tariffs?

Yes. Let's talk about tariffs. So, that's that's actually probably the biggest story we missed, which is the Supreme Court ruled that Trump's tariffs, his unilateral tariffs are legal um in a 6 to3 ruling. And his response was,

uh, too bad. Uhuh. Nuh-uh. I'm going to impose a 10. It was a 10% global tariff quickly. He he woke up said it's 15 and just said, I'm going to choose a different law.

Yes. Yeah. I'll just go around it. So, uh, any thoughts on that? That's a huge Sorry, actually, there's an update. I think the tariffs are now at 17%.

Is that true? Uh, I think so. Nope. Sorry. 108%. Ah, no. Sorry. Uh, a ton% is what he's saying now. So, that's

Yeah, we don't That does sound like him. It uh it changes. ton%. A ton%. It changes moment to moment. It's so it's

it depends on juvenile whatever sinapses in his brain are or aren't firing at any given moment is the is the tariff.

It's it's like the um like the global economic version of getting kicked out of a bar and then coming back in with a mustache disguised is what it feels like to me. Like just real juvenile seventh grade stuff here. But but but it that that feels meaningful to me, right? I mean, dare I say the Supreme Court is growing a spine. Is that too optimistic?

Yeah. The the the levers of power in the government are working, you know, per se. And unfortunately, it's built upon uh the idea that the president would accept the structure of our government.

Um which is a wild thing to say. Uh that he wouldn't just shrug, right? Um you know, uh much like a good example is when Biden Supreme Court ruled that forgiving student loan debt was illegal. Um, imagine if he had just uh been like, "Can't hear you. Sorry, we're doing it.

Doing it doing it anyway. I'll get it done another way." All right. So, tariffs or who knows? Uh,

who knows? But promising sign, checks and balances. Mhm. Right. I don't want to get ahead of myself. actually push back from another branch. Not Congress, of course, but

um if only they felt that way about women's reproductive rights. Mhm. I I'd let it go.

He unloads so forcefully when he doesn't get his own way. And just calling those Supreme Court justices a disgrace to the nation.

Lap dogs. Lap dogs. Several of which he appointed. Yes. Um, yeah, it is scorched earth immediately when something doesn't fall his way. Um, it's consistent at at the very least.

If it weren't so terrifying, it would be hilarious. So, looking ahead to this week, um, obviously the tariff tariffs may come up again. Obviously, that's a long story.

We have the State of the Union uh, State of the Union Tuesday night. How is the State of the Union, Matt? How's the state? We're the hottest country on planet Earth.

Uh is do you think uh are we going with terrific? Are we going with the best? The hottest.

The hottest. Everyone wants to be us. The hottest. Most respected. That's most respected. Biggest

respected. Most respected. Do you want to talk about what you expect? Anything like that?

More of the same. Perhaps the state of the union makes me feel the same way that this blizzard does. That I just want to curl up into a ball and never leave my apartment ever again.

Mhm. Is that fair to say? That's I think probably a lot of people feel this way. Um, one thing I'll say is Trump, he kind of, you know, the State of the Union traditionally is sort of this update.

A, you know, you maybe at least be there at least be some surprise as to what's going to be in it. But Trump in the age of social media just kind of barfs out whatever he's thinking in real time. So for me, the State of the Union is is his speech writer probably just putting connective tissue between his truth social posts,

right? And how on prompter or on message does he stay versus just shooting off the hip? I was going to say if well I would say president would say it it's going to be a meandering winding

um you know the h I'm sure he'll do 20 minutes on the hockey team them being there

um what the most most pressing issue facing us 18 minutes on Arnold Palmer's penis I mean he's got some time to fill I think

people want the classics I'm most curious about what level of unhinged he he shows up as because I mean he's he's taken quite a few hits recently. The Supreme Court ruling uh economy is not doing great people. You got you got the um maja women who are who are upset about the gly glyphosate. What's the um

right the weed killer weed killer that uh that he just doubled down on that there's concrete evidence causes cancer that he thinks he should be manufacturing at a at a higher clip. He also has just um

completely done a 180 on on food additives, right? Alienating quite a bit of his base. And then there was a CNN poll that came out

just today, I think, that said what, like 62% disapproval among independents. That might not be right. We might have to fact check it. But but listen, like this is a this is an awkward time to do a State of the Union for him. So I am I am genuinely curious about what kind of

uh you know, he's always unhinged, but at what what will the range be? Where on the scale will he be on Tuesday? It's unfortunate in that it's not it's it's a again sort of a non-event because I think we kind of know unless he's got some some some tricks up his sleeve that we haven't heard before, which I don't think he does. Um I think it's going to we this is a summation. This is a uh summary of the movie you've been watching. A quick

um a quick summation of it. Well, not a quick. He doesn't do it quick, but this is

nothing quick about it. Connecting all those crazy rants together, I'd say. Anyway, I will be watching with baited press.

Do you do anything special? Yes. Do you do anything special for the stadium other than

How do I pregame? Yeah. How do you pregame? Exactly. Just pound in white claws and

gather around, kids. Uhhuh. Listen to kid rock. Yeah. Throw on that kid rock. Get in the mood, baby. Uh

yeah, I also you're right in the sense that in that room he's his list of enemies currently in his administration only grows. So um the number of people that he's been combative with just in that room, it's going to just continue

well. I wonder if he can get to 100% by the the fourth year. Do you think uh is it is it true that Democrats are are protesting? They're not going

right. They're they're threatening to go to a separate event, right? They're having a separate state of the union called People's Union.

I was reading about that and it seemed kind of ambiguous at this point. So, I don't know.

Um yeah, I mean, I think a lot of them would like to skip it um as a silent protest. I don't know.

Right. On one hand, I guess I could see on some level what's the point of showing up to be bered.

Well, yeah. Um and and um on the other uh I'd say being there is a sign of unity and force maybe on the Democrats side which is you're not going to alienate us. You're not going to

force us out of our own chamber. I guess we'll see what happens. Uh I'm sure it'll move the needle for the Democrats one way or another.

Sure. As it always does. As it always does. If there's one thing it's they're good at doing, it's holding the line.

Oh god. All right, let's see what else. Is there anything else on your mind that you think is coming up this week? State of the Union tariffs. We missed Prince Andrew getting arrested, but

we did his birthday, no less. On his birthday, Matt, what's the worst thing that ever happened to you on your birthday? Have you ever been arrested on your birthday?

You know what? I uh I have not been arrested on my birthday. Uh that doesn't mean I haven't been arrested. um and and had unflattering pictures of me.

Is that true? No, I haven't been arrested. Oh, god damn. I thought I was getting an exclusive right now. Right here.

Uh you know what? I I have to say I I wish I was interesting enough to have been arrested. Frankly, it's kind of I'm kind of sad admitting that I've never been arrested.

You and me both. I haven't taken advantage. Right. We haven't lived. That's a birthday he will not he will not forget.

No, that's true. Also, I like it. I do like the idea of like I don't like him make a big deal on my birthday.

I just I don't I don't like a big deal about I don't know. Oh, guys, really? Just Just don't don't make a big deal and arrest me. Don't don't arrest me on my birthday, please. Then everybody will know it's my birthday. If you guys ever were arrested, would you want like a really fun arrest photo like that? Like, do you want your do you want your to throw a look in your mug shot or or do you want it to be boring and just disappear?

Well, I mean, for me, I I Desi is more public facing, so there'd be more pressure on her.

Yeah. I'd want to make sure the lighting is right. I don't care what the circumstances are. Just throw some good lighting my way.

It's worth it then. Yeah. Yeah, I think new head shot. Yeah, I will say if I stepped in to take that photo and there was some overhead lighting, I' i'd insist that we move to where I could throw a little flash on.

You'd get You'd have a You'd pull out like a little ring light on your purse. I pull out my Yeah, I'd pull out my ring light, slap it right on there. I never leave home without a ring light,

especially when I'm doing illegal activity. That is true. Um your purse, your bag spilled out one time. It was a ring light. Um, and some mints.

Mhm. That was it. That's it. In your in your bag. That's all I carry. That's an exclusive.

No identification, no cash. That's an exclusive. No keys, just mints and a ring light. That's how I roll.

Ring light. Time for something we call Daily Show and Tell. Uh, this daily show and tell segment is brought to you by Ninja Lux Cafe, the threein-one machine that makes espresso, drip coffee, and cold brew. No barista skills required.

Matt, why are you talking like that? I just was something that I wanted to share with the audience.

On my mind, you're passionate about your ninja skills, your ninja. Cha-ching. I got that ninja money.

Do we have sponsors now? I guess we do. I cannot believe it was on I cannot believe it was on the sheet, but here we are.

Unbelievable. I never thought we'd see the day. And if there's anything that people will listen to, it's my opinion on threein- one coffee machines.

You know what you do? I would go to you to ask your opinion on a coffee machine. You seem like you have

very specific tastes when it comes to your informed appliance consumer. Yeah, I buy it. Actually, I think you're the perfect person.

I wear that on my sleeve. So, in Daily Show and Tell, um I just ask you, what's something that you've watched, read, or listen to recently? Something that's been on your mind? Anything that you'd like to share?

Well, okay. I got something, but this isn't something that I've watched, read, or really listen to, so I'm I'm going outside the box here. But I had I had an interesting interaction with a friend and I want to get your take on this. So a friend of mine I don't know if you've been in this situation where you have friends that you don't get to see as often as you'd like and you desperately want to catch up but you live in two different cities and you keep going like I'm going to I got to give them a call. I got to give them a call to catch up.

But you know that you need like an hour to talk and so you kind of like put it off put it off. Put it off. So, a friend of mine reached out to me. Hadn't seen her in a while. We were due for a catchup and we were having a hard time getting together. And so, she asked me to schedule a time on the calendar like it's a Zoom meeting to meet up. And we penciled in we penciled in a meetup over Zoom just like you would a work meeting. And at first, I was kind of offended. I was like, that's not what friends do. Like, this isn't a formality. like this isn't we have to something we have to be forced to do. But I will tell you I was so glad that we did it. We hopped on that Zoom. We had a great catchup. I would have probably gone another four months without catching up with her. It was one of the the greatest I think it's I think she's on to something.

Interesting. Um have you ever done that? I would love to say that I have uh busy friends.

You don't have friends? Uh friends number one. Number two, friends with busy schedules that would ever suggest scheduling. I, you know, I I don't know,

my catch-ups with friends, I'll admit, are like five minutes. Great to talk to you, buddy.

Oh, yeah. Um, and so I I don't think we'd ever get into the formality of scheduling a Zoom.

Yeah, you guys don't do that. It's interesting. It It feels personal yet impersonal all at once. I don't know how to feel about it. I had so many conflicted feelings about it because I thought we it shouldn't come to this like it should be easier to just go meet up in the park or grab coffee or have a proper catchup, but it would have gone longer and so I really I I appreciated it. I don't know. I've also heard a thing about I read a an article one time about a woman who was pushing for the 8 minute phone call. So on onto your five minute catchup with your with your buddies.

They say eight minutes. I'm just calling for my eight minute catchup. So you said it you can go over but all you have to commit to is eight minutes and then it keeps you connected.

Fair. Okay. I think that's fair. Especially we're constantly distracted. So that gives you a goal

to meet. I I think I think what I would do instead of scheduling a Zoom is I would call them and say, "Hey, do you want to FaceTime?"

Oh, yeah. That's that's nice. And then so it's it's a little less it doesn't pop up in your calendar,

right? So it doesn't feel like a must like a musto. Did you did you do any of those silly reactions that you can have in Zoom like hearts floating up the screen or thumbs up? Thumbs up.

I just just the ears just the full I I did the plastic surgery face. Oh no. You know, I did that the whole time. She just thought I looked refreshed.

Wow, it's really been a long time since we've seen each other. During the pandemic, I did a group Zoom

with uh some old college friends. And I'll admit, I was glad that we did it. Yeah.

Um and I don't know why it takes a a disease sweeping the globe for us to to sit down.

Nope. Shouldn't do that. And finally catch up. But um unfortunately, we haven't done it again since. So, but I'm hoping next pandemic

here's hoping next pandemic that we all get together again to catch up um and reunite. Um

do what we got to do. Do what we got to do. What is your what's your daily show?

What's my show and tell? So, my daughter uh she's eight years old um has been getting into stop motion animation on her little

you know I get there's apps for it. You just download an app on an iPad and it's pretty easy to put together like a little stop motion film. And she showed me one the other day. It was uh two smaller ducks, two little plastic ducks and a big plastic duck. That was their mother.

Uhhuh. Um and they were having a little adventure following her around doing activities. Um and then she cuts to a little uh piece of paper that's is written the next day. Um, and the the two little ducks are wandering around without their mother, uh, kind of lost. And then they wander over to one side of the carpet and there's a tombstone.

Uh, that says RIP. Um, and she put little tears like coming out of the duck's eyes. Uh, so their mother had died.

Oh god. Oh my goodness. Yes. Um, and so I said to my daughter, I said, um, I said, "I'm I'm really I I liked your your film.

Um, it's it was a little sad, right?" And she looked at me and she just went, "Circle of life, man.

You're doing something right, Matt. You're doing something right." I have a nihilistic uh eight-year-old. All I thought of, I was like, "Oh no, her poor therapist. Oh, that's so funny.

Um, so I guess circle of life, man. That's evolved. That's a It's pretty evolved. I I I do agree. I don't know where it comes from exactly. Um, she's this very sweet, playful, imaginative little girl. Uh,

what did your wife say about it? She laughed. Yeah. Uh my wife is a is an artist and um draws kind of dark has always drawn sort of dark

sketches and paintings for whatever reason. Um okay it's the same thing sort of this all American face with this very dark sensibility. So I think that's where it comes from.

Girls after my own heart. You're doing everything right. That is amazing. Well I guess we'll have to invite her to the White House. We're gonna have to we're gonna have to invite the women filmmakers.

So anyway, that was a new uh new discovery of my daughter's sensibility. And I I just I feel like she's going to watch Sophie's Choice eventually and be like,

"Circle of life." Great ending. Great happy ending. Real real pickme up. greatest comedy of all time.

It ended how I hoped it would. Um, so anyway, that's uh I think bring her on to the staff.

I believe her sensibility. This snow day will yield another stop motion movie. So

I bet it will. Okay, so maybe this is a sequel. You'll have to follow up. This will be a two-parter

to death ducks. That's um that's amazing. So, that's my show and tell, of course, because you asked for it and were wondering. This daily show and tell segment was brought to you by Ninja Lux Cafe, the threein-one machine that makes espresso, drip coffee, and cold brew. No barista skills required. So, Desi, uh, thank you so much for hanging with me here on the precap.

Love it. Lovely to see you and look forward to seeing you in person this week once the snow is cleared. Yes.

Um, okay. That's this week's pre-capped. I'm Matt O'Brien. Catch Desi Leic hosting the Daily Show this week on Comedy Central Paramount Plus and right here in podcast form on the Daily Show ears edition. Stay safe out there, Desi. And it was so nice chatting with you.

Good to see you. Sorry about uh your loss, Alan. Sorry, Alan. Sorry Bodit. I got your levels there, guys. So, we're just going to uh we'll record the next one. We'll uh we'll just leave out that Olympic stuff.

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