TDS 3.0: Season Four Talk

[ganesh]

No, I think she didn't deserve being invited on the show. I just don't care for her. I find her not nearly as clever as she thinks she is and very condescending. I give her credit for developing the 'anti-Trump gop woman' brand, and she's fairly knowledgeable, but that's it. 

[ABay]

Catching up all at once:

Roy & Ronnie are the only 2 correspondents I have ever found funny. Even Hassan toward the end was just annoying to me.

Along the same line, I'm feeling the show less & less lately and this Miami trip is not helping.

It sounds weird, but Trevor has always reminded me of Louis Jourdan, c. Gigi. I'll try to find a picture. It's the eyes, something about his expression, and the contours of his head.

Edited November 1, 2018 by ABay

[peeayebee]

I can see the resemblance.

[Victor the Crab]

I hope we see some Ronnie and Dulce tonight. I shudder to think they would get less air time during the Miami road trip than the constantly stupid dull that is Michael Kosta.

[Lantern7]

I Gave My Mom A Church sounds like a great movie title. Thanks, Dwyane Wade!

We got Ronnie and shooting fish underwater with guns. So, yeah, Florida.

Really hoping the “get out the vote” movement works, because I’d hate to see the team crestfallen Tuesday night. I mean, not as bad as two years ago, but still.

[ganesh]

I wouldn't have a problem voting for a measure the outlaws off shore drilling and indoor vaping. 

I also can't imagine we can't come up with a better way to cull these fish. Both attempts seem to be highly inefficient. I'm not sure that PETA actually needs to have a say in it either. 

[peeayebee]

I know getting rid of an invasive species is an overwhelming project, but it looked like you could scuba down with a big net and scoop up the lion fish. Maybe they would scatter once you started doing that. 

[ganesh]

But they wouldn't scatter if you were swimming around shooting at them?

[peeayebee]

I don't know! Maybe since a net moves slowly under water this would give them time to evade it. But, what do I know?

[izabella]

We spend time in the Caribbean, and my husband, a diver, has gone on lion fish hunts.  They take lion fish very seriously there.  The guy shooting lion fish was not wrong.  On the hunts my husband has been on, the divers use spears to jab them through the head.  They are also trying to feed lion fish to the crocodiles to give them a taste for the fish, so the crocs hopefully will start to see lion fish as prey.  The fish don't scatter with divers around.  They are slow, so it's not that hard to catch them...it's a question of whether they scoot into a crevice in coral or rocks.  They have no natural predators in the Atlantic/Caribbean, so they haven't learned to flee.  They make a good ceviche, but only very experienced chefs handle them because the quills will poison you even after the fish are dead.

Edited November 2, 2018 by izabella

[ganesh]

Spearing seems more efficient than shooting. I would think a net would catch up fish you don't want though. 

[rhys]

"Not voting isn't apathy; it's surrender." Cory Booker

 

I may have paraphrased that a skosh

Edited November 6, 2018 by rhys

[Lantern7]

“Not voting is not an act of rebellion. It’s an act of surrender.” Just in case anyone out that wants that monogrammed. ?

Were Ronnie’s bits prerecorded? Nice concept, and it would’ve worked well with any of the correspondents. Underwater double middle fingers for the win.

[ganesh]

Yes, please, Kaisich, run in 2020 as an independent. 

[ganesh]

Roy is correct, Trump has a built in excuse now for anything with the House out of his control. 

[iMonrey]

Loved the visual of Jeff Sessions working at Baby Gap. Also loved the joke about Trump being unable to understand accents, including his own wife's. "You want a horse? OK I'll get you a horse."

[ganesh]

On 11/7/2018 at 7:43 AM, ganesh said:

Roy is correct, Trump has a built in excuse now for anything with the House out of his control. 

Wow I didn't think the president would just come out and say he's not going to bother doing anything and just blame them. They not "the majority" btw. 

[possibilities]

3 hours ago, iMonrey said:

the joke about Trump being unable to understand accents

I was certain the punchline was going to be that he and Melania don't talk to each other, so it doesn't matter.

Edited November 8, 2018 by possibilities

[ganesh]

I'm kind of disappointed that democrats haven't used media to manipulate Trump as well as everyone else. It looks ridiculously easy. 

[Victor the Crab]

Beautiful, charming, witty, inspiring. I just can't say enough about Jenifer Lewis.

[Miss Dee]

I'd pay Broadway money just to watch her sit in a chair and talk for two hours.

[Victor the Crab]

I like these Unplugged segments Trevor does. It's like he's doing his stand up routine to his studio audience and just bares his soul. It should be his TDS signature the way Camera Three was for Jon.

The MoZ was a pretty good one too.

[ganesh]

They show those 'in between' clips a lot on Facebook. There's one hilarious clip where he tools on a French guy in the audience. 

I didn't realize that figuratively everyone at the mall pulled their guns out when the shooting happened. How are the police supposed to know who is the actual shooter? Of course, they don't, so they shoot the black guy. Clearly, this whole good guy with a gun canard needs to be put down. 

[Lantern7]

You think Trevor decided to go unplugged and have that broadcast? Good move. I can’t blame for being concerned.

When Jon left, did most of the stuff associated with him leave as well? Because I think Trevor would have a lot of fun with the Go Fuck Yourself Choir.

[Victor the Crab]

4 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

You think Trevor decided to go unplugged and have that broadcast? Good move. I can’t blame for being concerned.

It wasn't the first time he did something like that, as I seem to recall. Don't know what it was, but I think it was also race related.

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When Jon left, did most of the stuff associated with him leave as well? Because I think Trevor would have a lot of fun with the Go Fuck Yourself Choir.

But first, he'd have to rename it the Get The Fuck Outta Here Man Choir.

[peeayebee]

It's so clearly true that the 2nd Amendment isn't for black men. Terrible, but true.

[2727]

I was so grateful for a segment on a giant cow that I played it twice! Then skipped the Al Gore interview.

We can add Australian to Trevor's endless bag o' accents.

Ronnie's piece was pretty good, even though I have a really low cringe tolerance for what I consider to be ambush interviews. The most surprising part was that that the D.A. was elected on a platform of criminal reform IN TEXAS. But even Florida voted to give former felons back their voting rights. A small beacon of light to me.

Edited November 29, 2018 by 2727

[Lantern7]

What I kind of wanted from Al: “Yes, Earth is at a tipping point. Listen, do you know the South Park guys, Trevor? I owe them a beating. I’m really serious. SEE. REE. US.”

Knickers is breathtaking, isn’t he? Holy cow, that’s a lotta cow.

[peeayebee]

I read that Knickers isn't actually a giant cow. It IS nearly record-breaking, but the deception is seeing it among those smaller cows. Per The Washington Post, "Male Holsteins tend to top out at just under 6 feet in height, while other breeds, like the wagyu cattle that surround Knickers in the now-famous photos of him, usually come in under 4.5 feet." Also, Knickers is 7 years old, while the other cows in the pic are only 1 year. Naturally, older cows will be bigger. But, yes, he's very big.

I liked the bit where Amy Adams is trying to decipher Trump's language as if he's an alien. And Trump going thru a Michael Jackson phase gave me the giggles.

I liked Ronnie Chang's segment basically because the DA was cool with the kidding and seems like a nice, decent, smart guy.

[possibilities]

I loved when the interviewee told Ronny he was being kind of a dick. That's what made the whole format OK with me. As for the substance, that was awesome!

[ganesh]

Ivanka Trump is the smoothest criminal tin the family. 

[brgjoe]

Trevor's grandmother is an international treasure.  She was awesome!  And it was very nice seeing where Trevor grew up. 

I enjoyed about every minute of that episode tonight.

[BuyMoreAndSave]

On 11/29/2018 at 3:49 AM, 2727 said:

Ronnie's piece was pretty good, even though I have a really low cringe tolerance for what I consider to be ambush interviews. The most surprising part was that that the D.A. was elected on a platform of criminal reform IN TEXAS. But even Florida voted to give former felons back their voting rights. A small beacon of light to me.

I'm pretty sure the DA knew what he was getting into when he agreed to do the interview. He seemed to be amused by it more than anything else.

On 11/29/2018 at 11:38 AM, peeayebee said:

I read that Knickers isn't actually a giant cow. It IS nearly record-breaking, but the deception is seeing it among those smaller cows. Per The Washington Post, "Male Holsteins tend to top out at just under 6 feet in height, while other breeds, like the wagyu cattle that surround Knickers in the now-famous photos of him, usually come in under 4.5 feet." Also, Knickers is 7 years old, while the other cows in the pic are only 1 year. Naturally, older cows will be bigger. But, yes, he's very big.

Most cows are killed long before they get to full size. I went to a farm sanctuary last year and some of the cows were around Knickers' size (I think they were the same kind), and they looked more like some sort of prehistoric mammal than the cows most people think of.

[2727]

1 hour ago, brgjoe said:

Trevor's grandmother is an international treasure. She was awesome! And it was very nice seeing where Trevor grew up. 

She's the epitome of the elderly person who's still sharp as a tack. I loved how she didn't have two shits to give about Trevor's show or fame. He'll always be the naughty and mischievous boy to her. "Oooh, such a handful!"

The topics cracked me up -- The Cribs: Oppression Edition, and the Self-Deportation episode.

That to-go meal reminded me of the "plate lunch" in Hawaii of white rice, macaroni salad, and an entree (frequently fried Spam). It's all about the carbs.

[Temperance]

I loved tonight episode's (12/3/18). If you didn't see, watch the full episode; otherwise you're missing out. 

[peeayebee]

This was really enjoyable. First off, I love hearing Trevor speak the language (which is...?). Having read his book, I know he speaks multiple languages, but I can't remember which one this was.

Second, his grandmother. Loved her. Her voice was kinda mesmerizing to me.

[ganesh]

Did the grandmother say she smacked him with her slippers when he was naughty?

Instead of wanting to watch the show, she was trying to get Trevor to get some work done around the house. 

One sad part of that though was that she was saying the kids ran away from Trevor because they thought he was "white" and he didn't remember it. Though he quickly turned it around into a good joke. 

The main language in Soweto is Zulu, but I don't know if he was speaking that. 

Trevor had an older comedy special on netflix where he did a show in South Africa and it was longer form with his own history, friends, etc. It was before the Daily Show. 

[Victor the Crab]

How did Trevor not get fat eating that stuff? If I ate that, I'd blow up like an inflatable raft. What exactly do they call that? Carbzilla?

That aside, that was a nice look at the world Trevor grew up in.

[BookThief]

If you haven't read Trevor's book, "Born a Crime" you must, you must, you must. Actually, you should listen to it as an audiobook. Trevor reads it and since he speaks multiple languages he does the accents and dialects of those in his life and it really made the book even better. It was great to meet his grandma Coco (and I believe it was her floor he pooped on (hey, it's in the book if you want to know more!)) and it was cool to see him speaking those multiple languages in this episode. It was neat to see his book and this show come together like this. (And while watching it I wondered about Abel, his abusive former stepdad who shot his mother and told Trevor he wanted to kill him too--he's just out there somewhere in South Africa (last Trevor knew). Does Trevor still worry or is Abel not a threat anymore?)

[DanaMB]

That segment with his grandmother was everything.

[Hooper]

I agree that Trevor's  "interview" with his grandmother was the best thing on tv in months.  But it left me wondering, is his mother still alive?  Gosh I hope so, but I wondered why she didn't make an appearance.  As wonderful as it was to meet his grandmother, I think meeting his amazing mother would be peak awesomosity.  Maybe she just doesn't want to be on tv, or there may even be issues with her ex, or lots of perfectly benign explanations, but her non-appearance now has me worried an unreasonable amount for a total stranger.

[ganesh]

The stepdad shot his mother?!

[formerlyfreedom]

Trevor's mother is still alive - I think she just prefers to stay out of the limelight. Agree with @BookThief that his book is a fantastic read.

[sum]

This was from last month.

'An audience member asks Trevor when his mom will be on the show. Answer? NEVER.'

 

He talked a lot about his mom during his book tour last year as well. 

Edited December 5, 2018 by sum

[Hooper]

Thanks Sum for those links.  They were delightful, and I'm relieved to know  his mom is ok, and  the fact that she doesn't really care about show business or tv makes me like her even more.   And I will pile on with others who are designating Born a Crime as a must-read.   It really is.

[possibilities]

5 hours ago, ganesh said:

The stepdad shot his mother?!

I can't remember if it was her husband, or a boyfriend, but yes, he shot her in the head. She survived, but it was horrible. I heard Trevor talk about it in an interview, but I think it's in his book also.

[Arcadiasw]

Monday's show was very good.

 

Wow. Wisconsin. Michigan and North Carolina. Especially North Carolina. Just wow. 

[ganesh]

That was a wacky show. Each of the "hosts" broke up at some point. Desi looked like she had the hardest job because Trevor kept pointing to the questions he wanted to ask. I did like her just holding it together when she said "as a mixed race child in south africa".

[Dewey Decimate]

18 hours ago, BookThief said:

If you haven't read Trevor's book, "Born a Crime" you must, you must, you must. Actually, you should listen to it as an audiobook. Trevor reads it and since he speaks multiple languages he does the accents and dialects of those in his life and it really made the book even better. It was great to meet his grandma Coco (and I believe it was her floor he pooped on (hey, it's in the book if you want to know more!)) and it was cool to see him speaking those multiple languages in this episode. It was neat to see his book and this show come together like this. (And while watching it I wondered about Abel, his abusive former stepdad who shot his mother and told Trevor he wanted to kill him too--he's just out there somewhere in South Africa (last Trevor knew). Does Trevor still worry or is Abel not a threat anymore?)

The anecdote about the floor poop (and him trying to trick his grandma into thinking it was an evil spirit) was just about the funniest thing I've read in a book in my life. I can't even type about it without giggling.

[Victor the Crab]

They were better off playing a rerun last night. None of the correspondents showed they could carry a show in Trevor's absence.