What Now? With Trevor NoahSouth Africa Sessions: Staring Down Death Twice in One Week ft. Khaya Dlanga
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Cold Open: Dolly Parton's Funeral Plans
- TNTrevor Noah
[upbeat music] 'Cause me and I was there, Khaya, participating, like we are all sad that Dolly died. So then my mom, she like flips immediate- she goes from like mourning the loss, the whole thing, and then she's like, "Yo, by the way," she's like, "Did you see that she planned her whole funeral and, like, uh, rehearsed it and..." I was like, "What are you talking about?" She's like, "Yeah."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm.
- TNTrevor Noah
She saw this thing where planned it, rehearsed it, told everyone what it's gonna be, how she's gonna dress, whatever. She's wanna be buried in high heels, whatever. Then I was like, "Oh, that's cool." Then my mom was like, "No." She's like, "What? Control freak." Somersault one.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Wow.
- TNTrevor Noah
Ah. Somersault two.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Damn.
- TNTrevor Noah
Land on my head.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yoh.
- TNTrevor Noah
On my back, pass out.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
My god.
- TNTrevor Noah
Now I'm on the side of oncoming traffic.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ah.
- TNTrevor Noah
So I can't hear the beep, but this guy's selling... You know, that's why I'll never support informal small businesses again.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Now-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
People
- TNTrevor Noah
... now imagine if there's a thing here. Now I'm this guy.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ah. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Nah, bro. There's no swag here. Here, I'm gonna stop at red lights.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm.
- TNTrevor Noah
Here, ah, fuck.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Every few months there's those pilots who do, like, a trick and something.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
The HAM. Mm-hmm.
- TNTrevor Noah
And they fly past the people. There was the one... Did you see the one where they, um, they do the supersonic boom? You know, when they go like that fast?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh, I saw it. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
And they did it too close to the people.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
I like that. Blew kids away, everything.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- 2:00 – 3:30
South African "Clap Once" Culture
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Wait, wait, wait, wait.
- TNTrevor Noah
Uh-huh.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Wait.
- TNTrevor Noah
Uh, uh.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
If une clap, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah. Isn't there the-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That's the one, init?
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And then if they are clap amanje, aren't we ruining the clap?
- TNTrevor Noah
Oh, no, we're fine. No. In fact, any clap is fine. Yeah. Even the one that comes after the first, I think. Yeah, but any clap. Yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Education for some of us.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
This type of clap.
- TNTrevor Noah
Any clap is fine.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh, man, I thought-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... you could only clap once.
- TNTrevor Noah
No, no, no, no, no. The clap-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Claps once
- TNTrevor Noah
... is, is just to signify something.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That claps once means something else than to clapping once. The one... He has claps once.
- TNTrevor Noah
That's a good one. [laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
He knows claps once.
- TNTrevor Noah
I know claps once.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, no, claps once.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But it's an SA thing, clap once, né?
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, clap, yeah. It's like-
- 3:30 – 5:30
Trevor Derails Meetings in America
- TNTrevor Noah
hand? Are you holding something? What are you doing?" That-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Sam, Sam, Sam
- TNTrevor Noah
... do you explain?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, but it, like, derails meetings.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ah, then-
- TNTrevor Noah
I'm not even lying
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... everything's over
- TNTrevor Noah
... it completely throws everything off.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Save it for when you testify in Congress.
- TNTrevor Noah
Né?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That is funny.
- TNTrevor Noah
That would be dope, actually.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That'd be amazing.
- TNTrevor Noah
Sitting in front of the senators there.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. "And Mr. Noah, where did the money go?"
- TNTrevor Noah
"So, okay, the money came in, né?"
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"Next thing you know, yatsi."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
"Yatsi."
- TNTrevor Noah
Then they're like, "Wait, wait, hold on."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
"That car." [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"Yatsi. Yatsi."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
"That's your partner."
- TNTrevor Noah
"Next thing, debit order."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"Next thing, car. Next thing, next thing, ah, Senator, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Let me not lie to you guys, eh? Ah, Senator."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
"International sweep like-"
- TNTrevor Noah
"And I thought it was gonna last forever, Senator. Ah, next thing, hlawa. Next thing, yatsi. Next thing, yatsi. Aye, Senator, let me tell you something, yeah? I, I, I, I, I regret that I stole that money-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- 5:30 – 9:00
Testifying Before Congress (SA Style)
- KDKhaya Dlanga
seven times. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Well, this is now-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
During the commission. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
Wait, wait.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Julius Malema.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah. Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
What do you mean he's been arrested seven times?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
He's been arre- bail, then-
- TNTrevor Noah
Another case
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... and then another ca- someone else testifies-
- TNTrevor Noah
You're lying
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... in the commission.
- TNTrevor Noah
You're lying.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
He is implicated again, bam, arrested again.
- TNTrevor Noah
They fetch him again.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
They fetch him again.
- TNTrevor Noah
Put him in a car.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Bail, puts him in a car again, ba. Like one-
- TNTrevor Noah
Appears again
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... and one again, like one-
- TNTrevor Noah
He gets bail
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... two, three, four, five.
- TNTrevor Noah
Five now. We're on number five.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Number five. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Five different cases.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Do, do they not go at some point, "Ah, my man, just stay."
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs] Just stay.
- 9:00 – 12:00
State Capture & The Zondo Commission
- TNTrevor Noah
do. They're just like, "No, we're, we're coming after you for not testifying."
- EUEugene
Yeah, but so, and yet you wanna... Zondo writes a report.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- EUEugene
Makes recommendations, sends the recommendation to NPA, so National Prosecuting Authority.
- TNTrevor Noah
Okay.
- EUEugene
Department of Justice, basically. "Ngenandla"
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- EUEugene
... prosecute these people.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- EUEugene
Now, there, the state prosecutors, that's where they all live. But then it turns out ukuthi there, there were, there was no willingness to prosecute in the first place. Enter Mkhwanazi. Mm. Mkhwanazi's like, "No, the police are captured." Not only the police-
- TNTrevor Noah
Okay, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait
- EUEugene
... the judiciary.
- TNTrevor Noah
Okay, you guys are building the story nicely for me.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- EUEugene
Mm.
- TNTrevor Noah
Is Mkhwanazi the guy that came out-
- EUEugene
The general.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
The press conference
- TNTrevor Noah
... the, the press conference?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That thing.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yo, this was one of the most gangster things I've ever seen.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- EUEugene
Mm, mm.
- TNTrevor Noah
'Cause I just saw a video-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm
- TNTrevor Noah
... where this top cop came out-
- EUEugene
Mm-mm
- TNTrevor Noah
... with no, um-
- EUEugene
Warning, nothing
- TNTrevor Noah
... warning, no-
- 12:00 – 16:00
The Guy Arrested 7 Times (With a Lunch Box)
- EUEugene
did you do that?"
- TNTrevor Noah
Okay, got it.
- EUEugene
And then you reply.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- EUEugene
That's already part of your statement.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes, that's why, that's why you're not... Because it's, like, it's, it's, uh, against what your counsel might have told you to say or not say.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes.
- EUEugene
Yes, so you must just keep quiet.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But also-
- TNTrevor Noah
But it's different if you're in, like, court now.
- EUEugene
In court you can say
- TNTrevor Noah
I invoke the right not to incriminate myself
- KDKhaya Dlanga
However, even then-
- TNTrevor Noah
Okay, but no, guys, can we-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Even then there is a blanket
- TNTrevor Noah
... let, let, but wait, can we-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It's, it's going to be something very specific
- TNTrevor Noah
... yeah, but can we talk about this for a second?
- EUEugene
Yeah. Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Like, okay, here we don't have juries.
- EUEugene
Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
I'm not gonna lie.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
If I was on a jury-
- EUEugene
Your Twitter
- TNTrevor Noah
... let me tell you something.
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
I wish South Africa had juries.
- EUEugene
Me too.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yo.
- 16:00 – 19:00
Do South African Commissions Have Teeth?
- EUEugene
our thing in South Africa.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It's almost like you can just touch it. Like, I was there.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I was like, "I think I can touch this thing."
- EUEugene
I think this might have been actually the smallest flyover plane-wise, 'cause th- those were Embraers, né?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Small plane.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, it was two.
- TNTrevor Noah
Maybe that's why they could fly so low, because they were Embraers. They weren't, um-
- EUEugene
Yes, 747s.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, they weren't 747s or 737s.
- EUEugene
Yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But, but, but isn't... Is it, is it the first time we were flying two?
- EUEugene
Yeah, because they were small.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I think... But I know small.
- EUEugene
They're usually one.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes, 'cause they always fly one.
- TNTrevor Noah
'Cause they're small. 'Cause I think it's-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And I think that's what made it-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- EUEugene
... 'cause this is SA-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... bad
- EUEugene
... it's Airlink
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... Airlink, yeah.
- EUEugene
It, it's not a, it's... Airlink is like a, a regional carrier.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes.
- EUEugene
It's not a long-haul-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- EUEugene
... international carrier.
- 19:00 – 21:00
Right to Remain Silent: SA vs USA
- TNTrevor Noah
No, no, no, no, no.
- EUEugene
There's, there's four people now.
- TNTrevor Noah
I'm completely in agreement with you now.
- EUEugene
Yes. 100%.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And I'm glad you should say this. Uh, remember Outliers, uh, Malcolm Gladwell?
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
So in his book there, he specifically speaks actually about, uh, safety protocols and all of that when it comes to airlines.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Because he was talking about, like, South Korea used to have, like, insane-
- TNTrevor Noah
They had a lot of crashes, yeah
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... number of crashes.
- TNTrevor Noah
Mm.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And one of the reasons that happened was because the pilots, the co-pilots, 'cause of the hierarchy struc- you know, hierarchy-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes, yes, yes
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... the co-pilot, you were not allowed to tell your boss or your captain-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... "You're going to kill us now."
- TNTrevor Noah
Oh.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
So you have to imply, and they must figure out what you're trying to say. So you can't really tell Jonga, "You're gonna kill us," right?
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes, yes, yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But then, and they found that the countries that had the, uh, hierarchy, hi- high rates of hierarchy-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... you were more likely to have, uh, crashes than countries that did not. And South Africa-
- EUEugene
Kind of like a flat structure.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. South Africa-
- EUEugene
Like on this podcast
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... South Africa does not... It's not that we don't respect authority, we question authority, and because South Africa questions authority, we have one of the lowest fatalities in the world.
- TNTrevor Noah
And you know what also-
- EUEugene
'Cause here our co-pilots are like-
- 21:00 – 25:00
Why South Africa Needs Juries
- TNTrevor Noah
remember that one?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
No.
- TNTrevor Noah
It was on the outside.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That one. That's outside.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah. "This taxi can stop anywhere at any time."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes.
- EUEugene
I think we still need it today.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
But there was one-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... that used to say... It was something to the effect of, "Just because you are in the front seat seeing something with me does not mean you are driving this taxi." It was something to that effect.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. That's true.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Because people in the front seat would always be like... 'Cause now you're sitting right next to the taxi driver, and remember, taxis in South Africa, they're not like normal cars in that-
- EUEugene
Yes
- TNTrevor Noah
... there's no hood.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
There's no... It's just-
- EUEugene
They're in the front
- TNTrevor Noah
... there's no-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It's just like... Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... yeah, so you, it's like being in the front seat of a rollercoaster.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, actually, yeah. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
You know what I mean?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It's, it's different.
- TNTrevor Noah
So everything's here.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
So then everyone next to the taxi driver would be like, "Hey, hey, hey, hey."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- 25:00 – 27:00
Legal Twitter & Springbok Pilots
- TNTrevor Noah
going-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
... "What is, what am I doing with my life?"
- EUEugene
And you're being shouted over the shoulder.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- EUEugene
You know those, "Hey wena, ‘salanto neh."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Guys, this is the trauma we've lived.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Hey.
- EUEugene
Yo, man.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, so there was, so there were those ones, and then there was the stickers on the windows-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm
- TNTrevor Noah
... that gave you general etiquette. There was another one about speaking loud.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I know the- I don't remember what-
- TNTrevor Noah
There was a, there was a, there was a sticker
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... there was also, there was also a music one.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But like-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... but you can't request, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Don't request music.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Don't request music.
- TNTrevor Noah
And then there was-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
'Cause there were some people who tell the, tell, tell, tell the, tell the taxi driver and say, "Oh, can you play this song?"
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, no.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It's like, "Listen, I'm not a DJ. I'm a driver." [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
There were, there were a lot of them.
- 27:00 – 34:00
The Flyover: Were Those Planes Too Low?
- TNTrevor Noah
Even if you get bumped by a car.
- EUEugene
Yeah, shoes, but socks are on.
- TNTrevor Noah
Shoes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Just flying.
- TNTrevor Noah
Shoes are always like-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- EUEugene
... but shoe-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- EUEugene
... yeah, shoes leave the chat first.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- EUEugene
Why?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I've never noticed that.
- TNTrevor Noah
I think it's because maybe as people, when we're in, like, a very, very... When, whenever humans are in a situation-
- EUEugene
Our feet get small
- TNTrevor Noah
... no. Whenever humans are in, like, a very, like, exciting, stressful situation, I think our feet, like, do things.
- EUEugene
Ah, ah, nah.
- TNTrevor Noah
I'm telling you.
- EUEugene
Every accident, nigga, there's shoes every- strewn.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes, yes.
- EUEugene
I've always wanted to use that word.
- TNTrevor Noah
You used it correctly.
- EUEugene
Strewn everywhere.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes.
- EUEugene
All sorts, shoes.
- TNTrevor Noah
You're not wrong.
- EUEugene
Shoes with no socks.
- TNTrevor Noah
You're not wrong.
- EUEugene
Why?
- TNTrevor Noah
And I'm saying-
- 34:00 – 36:30
Malcolm Gladwell, Hierarchy & Plane Crashes
- EUEugene
their business. So finally I come to inside my helmet, I'm like, "Oh, what's going on?" Then I'm like, "Why am I looking at the sky? Why is, why am I hot here?" Yeah. I get up, bike is T-boned to the car. Yeah, yeah, yeah. The driver's side. Oh, the bike is in the car? Yeah, it went in. Yeah. Phelang it went, craba. Yeah. The driver's out, came out. She came out on the other side. Now she's towering over me as a teacher, you know, she's wearing those teacher skirts, those long ones. Yeah, yeah, yeah. She's asking me questions about what was I thinking. [laughs] And then she asked me-
- TNTrevor Noah
I don't have time to think now.
- EUEugene
Yeah, she asked me-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, yeah
- EUEugene
... "What, what were you thinking?" And I'm like, "I don't know who you are."
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- EUEugene
"I don't know what's going on, and why is my bed so hard?"
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- EUEugene
Kanti, an accident had happened.
- TNTrevor Noah
Wow.
- EUEugene
Damn, bro. So I look around, I'm finally going, "Okay, let me do check," 'cause I need to know the rules. Yeah, yeah, yeah. You must first check if your neck is fine.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- EUEugene
'Cause you can cause more damage.
- TNTrevor Noah
Mm.
- EUEugene
So I try move my feet first and I'm like, "Okay, feet can move." Yeah. I'm like, "Hands can move." Then I'm like, "Okay, I'm gonna try twist my back without turning my neck." Twist my back, twist my back. I'm like, "I'm grand." Then I whoop, get up.
- TNTrevor Noah
Undertaker style.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Uh.
- EUEugene
Then where I am versus where the bike is, maybe there where the tables are, that's where the bike is and the car. So I went all the way opposite direction of oncoming traffic.
- TNTrevor Noah
San Maria.
- EUEugene
I get up, then I'm all good again. Where were your shoes?
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- EUEugene
[laughs] I'm like... [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Clap once. [laughs]
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Yo, dude, I'm glad you're okay though.
- EUEugene
Yeah, I'm, I'm, I'm also glad I'm okay.
- TNTrevor Noah
Oh, man.
- EUEugene
So, dude, so it's the helmet that obviously helped you as well? I think it was God. 'Cause, 'cause, 'cause- I think it was the fall ... 'cause you hit your, your head first, like, you know what I'm saying? Yeah, but hit- The helmet, yeah. Yeah, kwang, and then, [whistles] 'cause I still have the scar. I'll show you.
- TNTrevor Noah
You, you also wearing jackets.
- 36:30 – 43:00
Taxi Stickers: South Africa's First Comedy
- EUEugene
No, no.
- TNTrevor Noah
Are you serious?
- EUEugene
I know.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yo, bro, are you serious?
- EUEugene
And Khaya, you know how production managers care about the shoot only.
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- EUEugene
I'm like, "Guys, I'm in an accident." They're like, "Yeah, so we are figured, man."
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- EUEugene
No way, you're lying. I'm telling you
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh my goodness
- TNTrevor Noah
A week later, I was like, "No, I'm fine, I'm fine, I'm fine." Now then I can feel numbness on my back, numbness on my back. I'm like, "No, I'm not fine." Went for a scan. They were like, "Oh, you've got an acute pinched nerve. What happened here?" It was the accident and then the-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Multiplied by-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... the being rammed from the back. Mm, mm, mm. Two lives.
- TNTrevor Noah
In two days. If you, if you were telling this to your American friends, they'd be like, "Man, Eugene, you were super unlucky."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
If you tell it to your African friends-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Eh
- TNTrevor Noah
... they'd be like, "Somebody was trying to kill you."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"There is some witchcraft somewhere in the world and somebody was trying to kill you."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"I hope you prayed after that."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
I prayed. I, I, I was like-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yo. Oh, that is insane
- TNTrevor Noah
... there's no way you survive something like that and think everything is normal. Don't press anything. We've got more What Now? after this. The reason your life flashes before your eyes before you die is because your brain is searching for any, um-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
For news
- TNTrevor Noah
... memory that could save you from this moment.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh.
- 43:00 – 45:00
No Fat People in the Front Seat
- EUEugene
the correct-
- TNTrevor Noah
... is the, is the correct translation.
- EUEugene
Mm.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes
- TNTrevor Noah
But if you say it in Vaneck, if you say like in Zulu-
- EUEugene
Mm
- TNTrevor Noah
... if you go like Benjani or like, you know the-
- EUEugene
The Benjani, yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... the Benjani. Like you-
- EUEugene
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... you would go-
- EUEugene
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... it's more like how did it unfold?
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
How, how did it turn out to be?
- EUEugene
You know, yeah, so-
- TNTrevor Noah
As opposed to like, how was it?
- EUEugene
Yes. Yes. You're right.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
'Cause, 'cause what you say is like usually people will say like, Simbekile-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... which is we have put him-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... or her-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... the direct translation.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Right? But actually, 'cause I'd never been to a funeral service like that in my entire life.
- TNTrevor Noah
Why? What was different?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Hm. Because Eswatini-
- TNTrevor Noah
There was a DJ. [laughs]
- 45:00 – 48:00
The Emergency Exit That Said "Kick Here"
- KDKhaya Dlanga
unusual."
- TNTrevor Noah
You know, you know where Khaya was like-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... "'cause that's one of those weird situations-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Eh
- TNTrevor Noah
... where you gotta be like, "Guys, guys, guys, you're killing me here."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"I can't... Wait, sorry, let me rephrase. What I mean is I can't live like this. Sorry, let me rephrase."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"Uh, guys, what I mean-"
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh, hey. [laughs] Hello.
- EUEugene
It is, it is-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh, to check his card? Yeah.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It is very interesting.
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And I remember thinking, I was like, "Guys, in the Eastern Cape, nè, we're already having breakfast. It would not have started, a funeral wouldn't have started by-"
- TNTrevor Noah
So did you-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
On a Sat- yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... did you prefer it, or did you-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ja, that's what I was-
- TNTrevor Noah
How did you-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I did not app- you know, like, you know, you know, may my friend rest in peace. I did not appreciate waking up so early. [laughs] I was like, "Why the-"
- TNTrevor Noah
It's the least you can do for him
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... I was like, "Hey, what's this?"
- TNTrevor Noah
Khaya.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I was like, "Wake up." But they accommodated, I think, people from out of town. They actually made the service at 6:00 rather than-
- TNTrevor Noah
Oh
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... 4:00.
- 48:00 – 55:00
Why Shoes Come Off in Accidents
- TNTrevor Noah
happening in the background.
- EUEugene
Yes. Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
Great. Some of the songs I like stage four.
- EUEugene
You can sing along.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
No, some of them I've... Like the ones that I knew-
- EUEugene
Oh, yeah, it hits there
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... so the ones that I knew-
- EUEugene
Oh, yeah, that hits
- TNTrevor Noah
... no, the ones that I knew were my gran's favorites-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- EUEugene
You stick, you stick around for that
- TNTrevor Noah
... that I had known-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm
- TNTrevor Noah
... then I would sing those. You know what I mean?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[sings]
- TNTrevor Noah
[sings]
- EUEugene
Expose me.
- TNTrevor Noah
[sings]
- EUEugene
You stick around for that one.
- TNTrevor Noah
[sings]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Then I'm, ah, 'cause that like fully brought my gran back to me.
- EUEugene
Sure.
- TNTrevor Noah
Does that make sense?
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
So those ones where I was like, "Ah, Gogo would be here."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm.
- 55:00 – 1:03:00
Eugene's Motorcycle Crash (Somersault x2)
- TNTrevor Noah
you're just like, you're like, "Yo, these prayers don't end."
- EUEugene
And they used to come during cartoon time, eh?
- TNTrevor Noah
My man, I wish it was cartoon time. That wasn't even about cartoon time, 'cause we w- it was at my gran's house in Orlando. We didn't have, like, a TV in that way. I don't even remember us having a TV- So it was at night
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh, it was one of those.
- TNTrevor Noah
It was the evening ones-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ah
- TNTrevor Noah
... where everyone would, all the other grannies would come over
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ah, I know those. Those. Yeah.
- EUEugene
The Thursday one.
- TNTrevor Noah
And then the ones where not only that, but remember they would all throw shade at each other in the prayers.
- EUEugene
Yes. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Do you remember that one?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I remember. Prayer off.
- TNTrevor Noah
Prayer... Guys-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Guys-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Prayer off
- TNTrevor Noah
... that was the most, the most gay... 'Cause I remember as a kid being like-
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
'Cause what they would do is they would go-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That's funny. Prayer off. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
They would, they would pray. They would pray, but they would be like, "Oh, but we to Summer's Lynn."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
"Oh, Heavenly Father up above." Then they'd be like, "Oh. Oh Heavenly Father, we thank you for being here with us." You know, they do the introductions.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
But so my gran would always be like, "Wait, Kamala, Matthew, Francis, Noah, and Clara up at 6236 Orlando Estate," where they should give the full address. Every- And even as a kid, I used to be like, "Ow, he doesn't know where we are." [laughs]
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
But I, but can I tell you, I appreciated the humility.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. Yeah.
- 1:03:00 – 1:06:00
Two Crashes in Two Days
- TNTrevor Noah
is to-
- EUEugene
It's not a, it's not a head continental pillow.
- TNTrevor Noah
Hey, my man.
- EUEugene
It's a headrest.
- TNTrevor Noah
Hey, my man. My man.
- EUEugene
Yeah, but they, they pass it.
- TNTrevor Noah
Hey, my man. My man.
- EUEugene
Okay, do this. Do this, Khaya. Do this. Hit the back of your... That's all I need.
- TNTrevor Noah
No, bruh.
- EUEugene
Well, now why is yours covering the whole entire thing?
- TNTrevor Noah
No, bruh. Also, like, as a taxi driver, you want to sit like this.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Now headrest here is killing me-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... 'cause this is the middle seat already.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
This... I need this room to stake my claim. This is how I roll.
- EUEugene
Guys, but do we know what headrests are for?
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, but look at me.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, but as a matter of taxi drivers.
- TNTrevor Noah
Look at me. Look at me.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But they're not seat belts.
- TNTrevor Noah
See this? This is it.
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, but. Yeah, but.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, but.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- 1:06:00 – 1:08:00
Do You Know When You're Dying in Your Sleep?
- TNTrevor Noah
[upbeat music] Did you find out what the, what the story is behind the shoes?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, I did.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, what is it?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It's the violence of the impact it, uh, really has the human body, so-
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... the force of the shoes.
- TNTrevor Noah
This guy just said it's the violence of the impact.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I'll give you the exact-
- EUEugene
No.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I'll give you the exact one myself.
- TNTrevor Noah
But I said that in the beginning.
- EUEugene
Yeah, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
I did say in the beginning.
- EUEugene
Wait, but there must be... But-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I'll give you the exact-
- EUEugene
Guys, remember-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- EUEugene
... there must be something about-
- TNTrevor Noah
No, but okay. This, but, okay, let me, let me elaborate on what I meant.
- EUEugene
Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
Let, let's go further.
- EUEugene
Mm-hmm.
- TNTrevor Noah
The reason I'm saying that is because the, the thing... So the reason-
- EUEugene
No, you must read it.
- TNTrevor Noah
No.
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
So the-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I'll read it for you.
- EUEugene
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
No, but the reason I'm saying that is because-
- 1:08:00 – 1:12:00
Eugene's "Inception" — Vaseline in the Nose
- TNTrevor Noah
sudden stopping, and violent body movements overcome the hold of the footwear.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Ah.
- TNTrevor Noah
So this makes complete sense. You know why? Because if I think about it as well- Yes. Thank you, Simmi.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
You're welcome.
- TNTrevor Noah
And one of the times when I would also lose my shoes the most is if I would try isipantsula dancing.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Read all the descriptions there.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Violent movement. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Violent movements. Say them again.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Extreme physical forces.
- TNTrevor Noah
Wait, wait, I'll show you. I'll show on each one.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Extreme physical forces.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yes, and?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Sudden stopping.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, yeah. [laughs] And?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And violent body movements.
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs] Yeah, okay.
- TNTrevor Noah
Oh, man. You, you laugh, but you know what? To help people who watch this, you must put on a little isipantsula video-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That's... Yeah, yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... under me while I'm talking, and you must show the feet and everything-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Isipantsula
- TNTrevor Noah
... so people can see. Yes. The violent stops.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
The violent-
- TNTrevor Noah
The violent stopping.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, 'cause they're sudden. You're right
- TNTrevor Noah
... and the sudden movement.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- 1:12:00 – 1:18:00
Funerals in Eswatini vs South Africa
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
If I think of like how Eugene would think of it, 'cause I'm like that's a person who's like, "So when you say-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
... when you say were-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
... were you, were you, what word do you mean?"
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
W- when you say were.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Where.
- TNTrevor Noah
When you say who is she, what do you mean by she?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Who do you mean by she? What does the word she mean?
- TNTrevor Noah
Do you mean who, who she is she as a person?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Who is she-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
To me
- TNTrevor Noah
... to her family?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Who is she? [laughs] That's what that sounds like to me.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Wait, so what's beyond... Angithi you live your whole life thinking 45, that's it.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Then what's beyond 45?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
41.
- TNTrevor Noah
I mean, 41.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
No.
- TNTrevor Noah
What's beyond that?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Beyond...
- TNTrevor Noah
For honesty. What do you replace that with?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Can I tell... It's like, it's confusion.
- TNTrevor Noah
Oh.
- 1:18:00 – 1:24:00
Trevor's Grandmother's Funeral on Zoom
- KDKhaya Dlanga
and I like the discomfort of wanting to try new things, you know? Um, things that... I mean, for example, there, there's a thing that I've always said to myself, which is like, "The one thing I know I'll never ever be able to do is to start a business." Like, I don't think that I have the capacity for it. I don't think I have the, the, the, the, the, you know, the, the mental aptitude for it. But now I'm actually seriously considering, like, you know, doing something, like in that sign w- you, you know, a business that I'd love to, you know, to, to be involved in and start in, which is completely different from anything I've ever done in my life.
- TNTrevor Noah
Hmm.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Like completely outside-
- TNTrevor Noah
I love that for you
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... of my scope.
- TNTrevor Noah
I will say one thing.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
If there's one thing that will kill you-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
... it's starting a business.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs] Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
I'm just gonna tell you as your friend.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs] Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
That... Man.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Death is such a, an interesting... E- Eugene and I were, uh, were hanging with my mom yesterday.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Hmm.
- TNTrevor Noah
And it was so funny. She was so annoyed. So my mom was devastated, and I mean devastated at the news of Dolly Parton's passing.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh, yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
My mom, she sort of lives in a time capsule. There's the life she lived before finding Christ-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm
- TNTrevor Noah
... and then there's her life in Christ.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Hmm.
- TNTrevor Noah
That period is almost like stasis because it's like the Bible doesn't change, the scripture doesn't change, you know, and she's comfortable in that world. But then there's this world that she still loves and fondly remembers-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Right
- TNTrevor Noah
... and all of that. So that's when she was listening to secular music, and she was, like, part of the world and all. Those things hold a special place in her heart. Mm-hmm. Bro, let me tell you something. People have died, and my mom will be like, "Oh, I heard whoever passed away. Oh, I'm... You... I can't believe it. I can't believe it." Oh, oh, Sam Mandela died. Oh, Sam. Yeah, those vibes, those- [laughs] Guys. Jeez, Khaya, you took it there.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Let me tell you something. Anawa ndoda. Let me tell you something. Hey, hey, khuzeka.
- 1:24:00 – 1:32:00
The Church Spam-Pam: Trevor's First Instrument
- KDKhaya Dlanga
as to Madiba while he was in prison.
- TNTrevor Noah
That song to Nelson Mandela?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes. "I just called to say I love you." Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, wait.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
Stevie Wonder-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Stevie Wonder
- TNTrevor Noah
... wrote that song-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
It's dedicated to Madiba
- TNTrevor Noah
... to Nelson Mandela?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
To Nelson Mandela.
- TNTrevor Noah
What?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yes.
- TNTrevor Noah
Damn.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs] Yeah. And, and, and, and of course, happy birthday to you, MLK.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yo, that's crazy.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Yo.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But then-
- TNTrevor Noah
Sorry, wait. So my- You know what I'm thinking now? Uh, uh-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
The comedian part of my brain.
- TNTrevor Noah
Don't, don't- The comedian part of my brain ... don't you dare. The comedian- Don't you. Just for comedy. Okay. [laughs] Just for comedy. Not for real life.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. Cut. Okay, cut.
- TNTrevor Noah
Simi, comedy disclaimer. [laughs] The following is not appropriate for sensitive viewers. [laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
Viewer discretion is advised. Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
Just for comedy.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm.
- TNTrevor Noah
I'm picturing now the song comes out, mega hit all over the world. Nelson Mandela's in Robben Island. He's in prison. The, the, the guard comes through, busy playing it on a mini radio. "I just called to say-"
- 1:32:00 – 1:38:00
Prayer Shade: Grannies Throwing Hands in Prayer
- KDKhaya Dlanga
throwing that and-"
- TNTrevor Noah
An outfit
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... you know what I mean?
- TNTrevor Noah
Pay your baba in advance.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah
- TNTrevor Noah
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And then, but then we were having a discussion. We're like, "Maybe it's because we've never had the luxury-
- TNTrevor Noah
Mm
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... but we don't know of any, like, Black people doing that ever."
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah, I can't, I can't think of anybody, unless you are state president.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
But that's what I mean. Like-
- TNTrevor Noah
Mm
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... we couldn't think of anyone-
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... saying, "Yeah, we're going. It's our last family trip because Grandpa's going soon."
- TNTrevor Noah
Yeah.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
You'd be like, "Going where?"
- TNTrevor Noah
Eish, yeah, but when your grandmother stops drinking Tab [laughs] that's funny. Uh, we ask-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That's when you know
- TNTrevor Noah
... yeah
- KDKhaya Dlanga
... yeah.
- TNTrevor Noah
She starts, she starts-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Coke straight
- TNTrevor Noah
... y- y- you are so funny. Like, I remember like-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
... you know, like, in twen- 2014 for the World Cup-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Oh, man
- TNTrevor Noah
... in Brazil, my grandmother, you know, from my dad's side, you know, she was getting sick and, and, you know, she was being hospitalized, and you could see it as like the last few days.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Mm-hmm.
- TNTrevor Noah
And I remember thinking, "This woman better not die before I go to Brazil for the World Cup." [laughs]
- 1:38:00 – 1:44:00
Khaya's Revelation: "I Thought I'd Die at 41"
- TNTrevor Noah
He's like, "No, chap, I thought we were done." I was like, "My man, my man."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"Ah, bruh. No, brother."
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Wait. [laughs]
- TNTrevor Noah
"No, brother."
- EUEugene
Wait, why, why, why is Khaya treating every conversation like it's a Morse code?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs]
- EUEugene
Do, do, do, do, do, do, do.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That's how Khaya does it.
- EUEugene
Wait, how do you determine when it's over, Khaya?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I, I, I just think it's over [laughs] .
- EUEugene
[laughs]
- KDKhaya Dlanga
I, I don't have, I don't have, I don't, I, I don't have, like, a thing, but I just... There's a moment, ah, I think this conversation's over. And it's so funny because it's something I've been told before that I end conversations awkwardly. And then for a while, I was, "Okay, I need to be conscious actually of how I end conversations now," 'cause I know I've got to wait for that, "Okay, by- bye, bye, bye, ba, ba, ba, okay."
- EUEugene
Yes.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
"Okay, bye, bye, bye."
- EUEugene
And you're a tosser, dude, come on.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
And then I'm like, "So for the-"
- EUEugene
On top of all of these things, what tosser, Khaya.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
[laughs] I know.
- EUEugene
We've never said goodbye ever-
- KDKhaya Dlanga
That-
- EUEugene
... like, one time.
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah, yeah, no, that's true. I, I... And then I, then I-
- EUEugene
We said goodbye to my mom how many times yesterday?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah. Hey, that's true.
- EUEugene
Six?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Yeah.
- EUEugene
Seven times?
- KDKhaya Dlanga
Wait, wait, wait, at the house.
- EUEugene
All over.
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