WAS SAYING YOU'RE COMING UP ON CELEBRATING
YOUR FIRST YEAR OF HOSTING "THE DAILY SHOW."
I RAN INTO YOU AT A PARTY, AND YOU SAID TO ME ON THE WEEKENDS
YOU SOMETIMES FLY BACK TO SOUTH AFRICA TO SEE YOUR FAMILY.
>> YEAH, I TRY.
>> Stephen: IT'S AN 18-HOUR FLIGHT TO JOHANNESBURG.
>> NO, NO, NO, 16 HOURS.
>> Stephen: OH, 16 HOURS.
MY APOLOGIES.
>> 18 WOULD BE RIDICULOUS.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU DO THAT, LEAVE FRIDAY MORNING?
>> I FLY THURSDAY LATE NIGHT, CLOSE TO MIDNIGHT.
AND I'LL LAND ON THE FRIDAY, AND THEN I'LL HAVE A FRIDAY FULL
DAY, AND THEN SATURDAY I FLY BACK AND I'M HERE ON A SUNDAY.
>> Stephen: SO 36 HOURS IN JOHANNESBURG.
>> NOT EVEN, I GUESS.
IT'S BARELY 24.
>> Stephen: HOW ARE YOU ALIVE?
HOW DO YOU DO THAT?
HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU DONE THAT OVER THE PAST YEAR?
>> SIX, SEVEN TIMES, MAYBE.
I LOVE SLEEPING ON A PLANE.
I FEEL LIKE AIRPLANES ARE THE LAST PLACE OF SLEEPINGNESS.
IT'S JUST BEAUTIFUL.
I JUST SLEEP.
>> Stephen: HOW DO YOU POSSIBLY SLEEP THROUGH THE
NIGHT?
DON'T THE STEWARDESSES COME UP AND SAY, "WOULD YOU LIKE A
PILLOW?" >> NO, NO, I WRAP-- I HAVE THIS
MASK THAT PROVIDES HUMIDITY, AND I WEAR, LIKE, A HOODIE AND TAPE
MY NOSE CLOSED-- THIS IS ALL TRUE.
THIS IS ALL TRUE.
AND I WRAP MYSELF UP.
SO I HAVE HUMIDITY AND I CLOSE EVERYTHINGEP AND IT'S GONE.
>> Stephen: DO YOU LOOK BANE.
>> I LOOK LIKE BANE AND DARTH VADER HAD A CHILD.
>> Stephen: I'D SEE THAT MOVIE.
YOU HAVE A BOOK COMING OUT RIGHT AFTER THE ELECTION.
IT'S CALLED-- >> "BORN A CRIME."
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY THAT?
>> I WAS BORN A CRIME.
I WAS BORN TO A BLACK SOUTH AFRICAN MOTHER AND A WHITE SWISS
FATHER DURING APARTHEID IN SOUTH AFRICA, AND THEM DOING THE THING
WAS ILLEGAL.
>> Stephen: THE THING?
>> THE THING.
THE THING OF MAKING ME.
>> Stephen: THIS THING?
WHEN THAT THING DOES THAT?
>> WELL, THAT'S WORSE THAN ME SAYING "THE THING."
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
>> Stephen: JUST BEING-- >> THAT'S EVEN WORSE.
>> Stephen: REALLY?
>> THAT DOESN'T EVEN LOOK LIKE WILL THING.
IT'S GOING INTO NOTHING.
>> Stephen: THAT'S ONE THING AND THAT'S THE OTHER THING RIGHT
THERE.
THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.
YOU KNOW HOW THE THING WORKS, RIGHT?
>> I I HOPE SO.
MY PARNS GOT TOGETHER DURING THAT TIME WHICH WAS AGAINST THE
LAW, AND I WAS BORN DURING THIS.
>> Stephen: WHEN WAS THAT?
>> 1984.
>> Stephen: WHEN DID THAT LAW CHANGE?
>> APARTHEID ENDED IN MEAN 90.
SO FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF MY LIFE I WAS LIVING A PHYSICAL CRIME.
I HAD TO GO BACK THROUGH MY LIFE.
I LEARNED THENGZ ABOUT MY LIFE I DIDN'T ACTUALLY KNOW.
FOR INSTANCE, I ALWAYS THOUGHT I WAS AN INDOOR CHILD.
TURNS OUT I WASN'T ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE HOUSE, BECAUSE IF I
WAS SEEN IN SOWETO, THE AREA I LIVED IN, THE POLICE WOULD SEE
ME AND GO, "THAT KID, HE'S A CRIME."
YOU COULD SEE THAT.
AND THEY WOULD SEND ME TO AN ORPHANAGE.
MY MOM WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED TO HAVE ME.
>> Stephen: WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF AMERICANS SAYING OUR RIGHTS
BEING TAKEN AWAY OR OUR COUNTRY BHEEG TAKEN FROM US, WHERE YOU
GREW UP SOMEPLACE WHERE YOUR EXISTENCE ITSELF WAS A VIOLATION
OF THE LAW?
>> YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS SAY TO PEOPLE, I CAN NEVER JUDGE
SOMEBODY FOR THINKING THAT THEIR WORLD IS TOUGH BECAUSE IT IS
TOUGH TO YOU.
I LOOK AT MY UPBRINGING, AND I GO-- I REMEMBER WHEN I WENT TO
BRAZIL, AND I VISITED THE FAVELLAS IN RIO DE JANEIRO, AND
I SAID, MAN, THIS IS BAD.
AND I GO WITH AN AMERICAN TO SOUTH AFRICA, AND THEY GO THIS
IS BAD.
NO, THIS IS BAD.
IT'S BAD FOR YOU, AND THAT'S ALL IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE.
WHEN PEOPLE GO, "MY RIGHT ARE BEING TAKEN AWAY."
I GO, "DO YOU FEEL LIKE THEY'RE BEING TAKEN AWAY?"
"YEAH."
AND I SAY, "WHY DO YOU SAY THAT?"
"BECAUSE I CAN'T ORDER MORE FOOD."
IT'S DIFFERENT, IT'S DIFFERENT, IT'S DIFFERENT, BUT IT'S STILL
VALID.
WE ALL HAVE OUR CHALLENGE S.
>> Stephen: YOU ALSO HAVE A SHOW AT THE BEACON THEATER HERE
IN THE NEW YORK TO THE NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL.
WHAT NIGHT IS THAT I'M GOING TO BE DOING STAND-UP COMEDY ON THE
FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.
THAT WILL BE FUN.
>> Stephen: YOU HAVE A FULL-TIME JOB, MY FRIEND.
AND YOU'RE A GREAT STAND-UP.
DO YOU EVER THINK TO YOURSELF, ON THE WEEKENDS I'M GOING TO
TAKE IT EASY.
>> THAT'S ME TAKING A BREAK.
I GO I'M SO TIRED I'M GOING TO DO SOME STAND-UP.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT.
>> THAT'S MY LOVE.
>> Stephen: THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
ENJOY ELECTION.
>> YOU ENJOY IT.
>> Stephen: WE'LL ENJOY IT TOGETHER.
>> Stephen: "NEW YORK COMEDY FESTIVAL PRESENTS TREVOR NOAH"
IS AT THE BEACON THEATER ON NOVEMBER 5.
TREVOR NOAH, EVERYBODY!