From trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show with trevor captioning sponsored by Comedy Central lets kick things off in florida. The state america dropped on its head as a baby. You may remember that two years ago the state passed a referendum allowing exconvicts to have their Voting Rights restored. But then republican officials passed a law saying that most felons had to pay all their court fines and fees before registering to vote. And even though critics said this amounted to an illegal poll tax the u. S. Supreme court refused to overturn the law. But now someone is stepping in to help the people power forward. Nba superstar lebron james is advocating for efelons to return to the the voting booth in florida. James Voting Rights group more than a vote is donating did 100,000 to help pay court debts keeping florida vetters from casting vote, now more than 700,000 floor i had danes floridians have financial obligati
Trevor noah. Trevor lets kick things off with coronavirus. The only thing living its best life in 2020. Over the past 24 hours, multiple states including texas and florida reported record covid 19 fatalities, and for everyone whos asking what america is doing wrong, well, one viral photo might offer a clue. A tale of two countries, this picture is going viral for high lighting the differences in covid 19 responses between the United States and canada. At the top of your screen, a packed american tour boat. At Niagara Falls carrying hundreds of people, you can see them in blue pompgos. The bottom one, carrying a half dozen tourist, a canadian one in red vests. The image shows two boats passing each other earlier this month. Trevor canadian boats have six people, americans are packed together on the boat. Im not sure thats mist from the waterfall. That could be everyone coughing. Im joking. The people could be safe because theyre outdoors in the mist and the wind. I dont know. This photo
But this one got outside to see that humans are not so bad. You know it wont take long for people to start using it for the wrong reason. Grandma got hugged but two guys from the bar will be saying whatd you just say to me . Awww hell, no. Get inside the plastic. Get inside the plastic, dawg. Lets handle this like men. Moving on. Theres no denying that one of the biggest things we miss the most right now is traveling you know, seeing new places, visiting your family, fleeing to a country without extradition. Well, now theres a new company that gives you a little taste of travel, right at home. Reporter just because youre stuck at home doesnt mean you cant get some airline food. The aptly named company, imperfect foods, is selling the snacks previously given to Airline Passengers and airline customers. The company is dedicated to eliminating food waste so for just 3 a package, you can enjoy the jetblue crackers and cheese. Trevor yes, if youve been craving pulverized crackers and cheese
Distance show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor you know, during dark times like these im often reminded of the words of the great 20th century philosopher robert mcferrin, when he wrote, dont worry. Ooh, ooh ooh ooh ooooh ooh ooooh be happy now. Thats what were going to do now in our ongoing segment, a ray of sunshine. Our first bit of good comes out of canada the only country where syrup has legal rights. And where one family found love in a hopeless place. Reporter carrie lynn ellis was not going to let coronavirus restrictions stop her from giving a big hug on mothers day. She and her husband created what they call the hug glove in their backyard of ontario, canada. It is a plastic sheet with sleeves in it to allow hugs while preventing direct contact. Ellis said she and her mother, they were in tears. Its hard to say if they were tears of joy, tears of laughter, or
So folks can get a breake from their stressful lidelives and relaxy with the cigarettes captioning sponsored by Comedy Central trevor hey, whats going on everybody welcome to another episode of the daily social distancing show. Im trevor noah, and it is now day 59 of us staying inside to try and stop the spread of coronavirus and try to grow a beard. And heres your quarantine tip of the day if coronavirus is making you nervous, all you have to do is picture coronavirus naked. Yeah, it helps. In fact im doing it right now. And oh, my god. Coronavirus has a sixpack. The coronavirus is much stronger than we thought. Were screwed lets get into it. Welcome to the the daily social distance show. Announcer from trevors couch in new york city to your couch somewhere in the world, this is the daily social distancing show, with trevor noah. Trevor you know, during dark times like these im often reminded of the words of the great 20th century philosopher robert mcferrin, when he wrote, dont worry