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Irresistible Variety Performer The Daily Show Winner Grammy. With the Emmys coming up on Sep. Or, to put it another way, just how big are these shoes that Trevor Noah is going to be trying to fill? Well, as it turns out, pretty effing huge. I think people were feeling excited by the challenge. I mean, generally people love to crack a code. By not having a show on the air, you managed to miss the reign of Trump. I rewatched the Daily Show episode when he announced his candidacy, which was just before you signed off, and you were positively giddy.

What I missed there is that his certainty, his ridiculousness, his shamelessness is what made him dangerous. What it did is made him the perfect vessel. You have to be shameless to do shameful things. Saddam Hussein seems absurd. Muammar Gaddafi would stand in a kaftan and rant like a madman. Your day is spent waiting for 8 p. And at 8 p. Twitter is an open mic that never shuts off.

Like, a joke? Telling you the thing that someone will never forgive you for. I almost view Twitter like I view Rotten Tomatoes.

Luckily, audience response was much more positive, and that made me feel better in that moment. But I feel like Twitter is Rotten Tomatoes for your soul. Have you been surprised at all by the power of it? You mentioned films. Curious, what itch does moviemaking scratch for you that perhaps this or The Daily Show do not?

Say you like to cook. Sometimes you like to cook a quiet meal for a couple of people; sometimes you get a hankering to do a little short-order work — slap out some pancakes and eggs and feel that pressure of running around the kitchen.

Sometimes we brine them for a day, but you get a different flavor if you age it.