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We've got so much to talk about tonight. Joe Biden can't hear you scream. Dr. Oz is moving his practice to Washington and Trump body slams the Department of Education. So let's get into it with another installment of Trump 2.0 coming for the White House. I'm going to come.
We got a lot of transition news, but first let's check in with the guy currently transitioning out of the White House, Joseph retirement Biden. He just wrapped up a trip to, I don't know, it doesn't really matter anymore, but one reporter was still very interested in hearing from him.
Mr. President, I love you! My mom drove me all the way from Milwaukee to see you! I'm a poster of you eating ice cream above my bed, please! Please!
I have never heard a journalist shouting so frantically. To be fair, she does work for the sinking into quicksand gazette.
But let's talk about the man reporters will be shouting out for the next four years, Donald Trump. So far, he's made a number of cabinet picks, whose main qualification seems to be being on TV. His defense secretary is a guy from Fox and Friends, his transportation secretary is a guy from Fox Business, and his attorney general is a guy who I'm pretty sure was on to catch a predator.
And apparently he's still flipping channels. Trump tapping yet another television personality to join his administration. This time, Dr. Mehmed Oz, Trump naming the TV doctor to oversee Medicare and Medicaid for more than 160 million Americans. Okay, all right, okay, but hold on. It could be worse. It could be worse. At least Dr. Oz is an actual doctor. I'm impressed he didn't pick Dr. Pepper.
But if someone gonna tell him that this isn't actually a doctor's job, this is running a vast insurance bureaucracy. If you have to pick someone from TV, at least pick the limu-imu. Come on. But here I'm out. Here I'm out. What are Dr. Oz's qualifications for running a $1.4 trillion agency that affects the lives of 160 million people?
In his statement, Donald Trump led by saying, Dr. Oz has won nine daytime Emmys. Yeah, that ends up, that ends up. And even if this was a job that you had to scrub in for, I'm not sure he'd be the doctor that you want.
In the early days of the pandemic, out of the drug hydroxychloroquine, which doesn't work against COVID-19, Columbia University cut ties you may remember with him several years after a group of colleagues accused him of manifesting, quote, an egregious lack of integrity by promoting quack treatments and cures in the interest of personal financial gain.
I hope he was promoting quack science for personal gain. It would be way weirder if he was just doing it for the love of the game. But yes, as Anderson Cooper points out, Dr. Oz has a long history of medical quackery. I wonder how people got the idea that he was a serious medical expert in the first place.
The first vaccines against the H1N1 virus are being distributed. Are they safe? We'll let you ask the expert, Dr. Mamadaz, host of the Dr. Oz Show. The threat from drug-resistant bacteria. And out front tonight, we're lucky to have Dr. Oz, host of the Dr. Oz Show. We are back with the great Dr. Oz, and talking about a very critical thing for our audience about finding a woman's G-spop.
No, thank you. I'm good. I got it. I got it. I completely forgot CNN had that show, Old Guy's talking pussy. It was on right after crotch fire. And, of course, you can count on a guy named Oz to know what's behind the curtains. But listen. Uh-huh. Yeah. Yeah.
Listen, if you need a CNN segment to teach you how to make your wife orgasm, don't worry. She's been f***ing a neighbor for six months.
And you might be saying, relax. Dr. Oz doesn't have to know what he's doing. He'll have people around him who do. Sure. Except that Dr. Oz's boss will be RFK Jr. who also doesn't know what the f*** is doing. There's not gonna be a layer of competent workers at some point. It's just celebrities all the way down.
Because Donald Trump isn't really picking leaders of agencies, he's just picking mascots. But nobody expects Mr. Med to actually pick up a bat and hit a ball. Because one, he would just be terrible at it. And two, you're basically asking him to hit his children, and he can't do that. And yes, Mr. Med is the father of every baseball, all with different mothers. What can I say? Ironically, the guy hates to wear a glove.
But to be fair, Trump isn't just filling his cabinet with daytime TV personalities. He's also hiring from pay-per-view. Trump has also picked major Republican donor and former pro wrestling executive who is helping with his transition, Linda McMahon for education secretary.
Yeah, that's right. Pro wrestling executive Linda McMahon, you might remember her from being head of small business in Trump's previous administration, or you might remember her from the time she kicked her husband in the balls.
It's too bad that was fake because he's a monster. Now, does Linda McMahon have expertise in education? No, of course not. She's being appointed to the Department of Education. Why would she? But it doesn't matter anyway when you hear Trump's plans. And one other thing I'll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in total American society pours more than a trillion dollars a year into public education systems.
But instead of being at the top of the list, we are literally right smack. Guess what?
Did he just say right smack at the bottom? I thought right smack was more of a middle thing. It's like saying, we are dead first people, but if we're not careful, we could hit rock middle. But until Trump dissolves the department, I guess Linda McMahon will be in charge and we don't know what her policies will be exactly, but at least we know her position on child discipline. But mom, just remember, like you told me when I was a little girl,
This is going to hurt me a lot worse than it hurts you. That is what I call traditional family values.
So we'll see who else Trump appoints to his cabinet in the days ahead, although the way things are trending will probably be equally unqualified for the job. But good news. The Trump transition team is getting ahead of it by releasing this orientation video.
Hi, I'm Deborah Malone, and if you're watching this, you're a random television personality who Donald Trump just appointed to run a huge federal agency.
Right now, you might be wondering, how did I get this job? So I'm just in charge now. And wait, what is my job again? Well, I can assure you. The answer to all of these questions is I don't f***ing know. I also was appointed to my job without knowing what it is. Trump saw me on a reverse mortgage ad on Fox News, and here I am. It's totally f***ing.
And while starting a new job is never easy, there are two things to remember. One, we're all in the same boat. Even if that boat is the Titanic. And two, more than likely, someone else will fuck up worse than you. Like, RFK. I'm pretty dumb, but that guy's dumb. Best of luck. And thanks for watching. I'm Deborah Malone, the...
Secretary of Internal Communications. Okay. Wow. So that's what my job title is. Awesome. Good luck. When we come back, Troy, you want to find out the right tip for everything.
Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's gonna be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, T-G-I-T. Thank God it's Thursday. We're gonna be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election, economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these?
earnings calls. We're going to be talking about ingredients to bread ratio on sandwiches.
And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcasts.
Back to the Daily Show, America is finally getting inflation under control, but there's one thing that always seems to be getting more expensive. Troy Iwata has more.
Everyone is talking about the hottest new form of inflation. Tipflation. Americans are suffering from so-called tipflation. Now it's being encouraged for a growing number of services. Restaurants to cap face and even self-check out kiosk. Tipping is so hot, even the president elect is talking about it. When I get to office, we are going to not charge taxes on tips. And I don't know about you, but personally, it's been stressing me out.
So I needed to hear if anyone else is stressed about the uptick in tipping requests and if they're dehydrated from crying too.
It's a little much where you go somewhere and you're seeing tip jars at grocery stores. Anywhere that I go to get lunch or coffee nowadays has like an automatic tipping option. The biggest thing is like the lowest percentage just keeps getting higher. I saw even a tip system at a plant store. What if the plant's done for us besides give us air to breathe? Yeah.
It looks like almost everyone not getting tips agrees about tipping. Hey. But do these hospitality workers notice tipping popping up everywhere? It is everywhere. I'm waiting for the MTA now. Workers to be asking for a tip. Just hang out with what I have to hang down. Here's your stopping, by the way.
Do you have any theory as to why that's happening? People need to live. People are struggling. We see it across the nation right now with so many different industries. All right. So everyone agrees tipping is popping up everywhere and it sucks. So why not cancel the tip? We don't make enough. So we look for the tip to like all come together and make up for what we're not getting by the hour.
And plus people need to realize that when you're tipping the waiter or the waitress, they also are paying out bussers and the bartenders that need to be tipped from that tip that you're leaving as well. Right. It's clear tipping is overwhelming. But how do we escape it? And then I found it. Lula Cafe, a tip-free haven where all the employees had health care and no one carried the decimal point. They just carried food to the table.
So I sat down with owner Jason Hamill to hear how he ran a restaurant without tips. Well, we actually do still accept tips at Lula. We do. Well, Dan, we employ a dual system of a service charge and tips. Our system takes the reliance on tips away, so there's more pay equity, but we're pretty busy, like, sizable restaurants. You create that sustainability, but, like, if you're smaller, maybe it doesn't work for you.
Okay, I'm running out of f***ing ideas. But the president-elect did say something. Oh right, he was gonna get rid of taxes on tips.
I think just putting that little bit of money back in our pockets isn't such a bad thing. I think that's the error situation of the tax on it. Love it. Hardly agree. 100%. Love. Wow, that was easy. So we just stopped taxing tips. No problems whatsoever. It does feel kind of like at all incentivized companies to have more tip workers or workers that rely more on tips than actually the company's paying. Do you think if there was no federal tax on tips, people would get their entire paycheck in tips? I mean, that's certainly a concern.
Look, back to square one. What else you got? It'd be nice if they just raised the wind minimum wage. It would just be the servers that speak their actual tips. But also, I think that it's a much bigger issue. Overall, the federal minimum wage needs to be raised. Easy. Problem solved. You know, when people that aren't in the industry are talking about it, they're like, well, the owners should just pay them more. But also, the food service industry, like the margins are incredibly thin.
Yeah, it would be really nice to pay someone $45 an hour, but unfortunately, that would shut down most places. Don't you think that politicians could solve this by just raising the minimum wage? Sure, and maybe some health care, and yeah, that could be good. Yeah, the health care part would be really good. Yeah, there's a lot to talk about, but you know, we're not here to talk about health care. Well...
Okay, so tipping is everywhere more than ever, but people need tips to make a living, because minimum wage is so low, and taxing tips is bad. But we need to raise the minimum wage first so companies don't resort to paying the tipped minimum on even more jobs, which could result in tipped employees needing the consumer to tip more so they can make a living, which will result in tipping being everywhere more than ever. So how much do I tip to make sure no one starves? It's all on me! Are you okay?
Do I look okay? My big takeaway, I still don't know how much to tip. Thank you so much for speaking with me. I don't know what 20% or 20, 25 or 18. I don't know how much. You can just go ahead and give us the wallet. We'll take care of it. Just give us your wallet.
Hey everybody, John Stewart here. I am here to tell you about my new podcast, The Weekly Show. It's gonna be coming out every Thursday. So exciting. You'll be saying to yourself, T-G-I-D. Thank God it's Thursday. We're gonna be talking about all the things that hopefully obsess you in the same way that they obsess me. The election, economics, earnings calls. What are they talking about on these?
earnings calls. We're going to be talking about ingredient to bread ratio on sandwiches.
And I know that I listed that fourth, but in importance, it's probably second. I know you have a lot of options as far as podcasts go, but how many of them come out on Thursday? I mean, talk about innovative. Listen to the weekly show with John Stewart, wherever you get your podcasts.
This is a daily show and my guest tonight is a member of the iconic boy band New Kids on the Block and an actor who stars in the new Roku original film, Jingle Bell Love. Please welcome Joey McIntyre.
There was a pumpkin spice latte in that scene. I could feel the spicy. Oh, I could feel it, too. There was a lot of spice coming off from there.
My beautiful actor who plays my daughter is Delia Chambers, and she's amazing. And that's Michelle Morgan as well. It's great to work with both of you. They are phenomenal in the film, and so are you. But first of all, before we get into all this, I need to know, did you get all my letters 30 years ago?
I mean, we need like an overtime episode of this. There was so much to work out. So watch a workout. I didn't hear back from you. Well, you went against our NDA. You told everybody we got married years ago. Yes, that is true. Apparently that was your first of three marriages. Yes. You didn't clear that with me. Yeah, well first you, and then it was Donnie. Yeah, that guy, that other guy. Yeah.
Yeah, so... Listen, I'm glad to be part of your, you know, life in lexicon, yes. Oh, you definitely, my eight-year-old self is squealing with excitement right now. I love it. For the young people in the audience, new kids on the block was arguably the biggest boy band of all.
They call us the OG's. I mean, we always point to new edition who is from our town too. But, you know, it was a long line of being part of pop history. But what we love is that blockheads are in positions of power. So they call the shots and that's why I'm sitting here today. Well, take it easy. This is... Yeah.
You're right. Dozens of people are watching right now. Dozens. The important people. But how does it feel to be part of that kind of legacy? It's lovely. It really is. I mean, we've been able to not mess it up. We say we have the greatest fans in the world. We've known each other for a long time. And we've always put friendship first. And that was part of that story as well. So we're blessed. And we continue to do great things.
a Vegas residency starting next June. So we're still doing it. We're still doing it, folks. Now, how x-rated will that be? Because that would determine whether I'm going to be there or not. Again, there's different levels of the VIP series. There's a champagne room. You know, I've been talking to some people. OK. Yeah, there's a different list to get on. Somewhere in the magic mic. Yeah, maybe. Maybe. Here's hoping. We'll see.
You have been able to really transcend, not just in music, but in acting, TV, and film, and theater, and you've got this new Christmas movie out right now, which is very sweet. Is it, are you a fan of holiday movie? What's your favorite holiday movie? Mine is Eyes Wide Shut.
Wow. You beat me. I was just gonna say home alone, but that's pretty obvious. Watching that with the kids. You know, what does he say? You filthy... What does he say, McCall? Fill the animal. Fill the animal. Thank you very much. Yeah. Yeah. You got to watch that every season. That is a great family movie. Yes. I can't watch Eyes Wide Shut with my family. No. It's not quite the same.
I didn't see that coming. Aren't you glad you came here tonight? No, I'm thrilled. I'm thrilled. I'm thrilled. Was there even any Christmas scene in that movie at all? Nope, not at one. Not at one. Not at one. I think it was released on Christmas Day. I didn't want to miss something, yeah. If I'm not mistaken. Yeah, you, but what was the experience like filming that movie? It was lovely. We did it in Montreal, where it's French speaking up there. So it made it even more romantic. You have this wonderful French crew. And my friend Stephanie Black,
was one of the writers, and she said, you want to do this movie? Next thing you know, we're shooting the movie, and we're all very thrilled to be a part of it. It's so sweet, especially at a time like this. Why do I feel like I'm interviewing you now? Do you have questions? Do I have guests vibe or interview or vibe? I'm like, so tell me. Let's figure this out. Tell me more. Let's get in there. It's because we were married many years ago.
So what he's referring to is there was a sketch that we filmed a few months ago, and we begged him to come do a cameo in this sketch. But this man is constantly doing 17 different projects at all times. I held out for this spot. You held out for this. Instead of some skit, you know? Yes, but in a great role that you did. Yes, yes. This is better. This is so much more fun.
Now, do you think that more people fall in love around Christmas time, or is that just holiday movie propaganda?
It's just a time for us to say time out world, you know what I mean? Let's play. Let's fantasize whatever works for you. Yeah. And I think I'm just happy to finally be a part of that officially. So last weekend, I got a little time out moment. Yes. I got to come see you in the off Broadway show, Drag the Musical. Yes.
If you're in New York, please go see this. If you haven't already, to me, it was the perfect post-election bomb. It was so much fun. It is a lot of fun. So funny. You're wonderful in it. Thank you. It's not just a drag show, but it's got heart. It's a real book. It's a real musical. And number one job, though, is to entertain you. And I think we do that every night. You do. It's a great show.
You have a solo number called I'm Just a Straight Man. Yes, yes. It kicks off. I like Star Wars and Pearl, jam and beer and a can. I'm just a straight man.
It kind of comes out of nowhere in the show. So, you know, I don't know if it works for The Daily Show, but it kills every night. I think it works. It's very funny. Here's my concern, though, is that with this new administration, it may become the new national anthem. I know. Well, listen. I'm going to be very controversial. Please. I'm going to try to get along with both halves of the country for the four years. I'm going to try. I'm going to try. No applause for that. Yeah.
No, no, no, they're saying not me. Now that's the holiday spirit. Thank you. That's the holiday spirit. So you have this residency in Vegas. Yes. And you also have a solo album coming out. I got a lot of stuff. Am I talking too much about the, I'm a little too busy. This is what you're here for. It's like a Christmas dump. Yeah, listen. I do, I have a solo album. We're not that kind of show. Okay, that is where, we'll do a lot here, but that's where we draw the line. Okay, no dump, thanks.
Um... Where are the... By the way... Where are the... I was gonna go on a... Help me, I feel like it's not tension. Thank you. Three, three, four, seven, three. I knew you were gonna find it for me. Yeah. The ride from JFK into New York, there should be more and no dumping signs. Okay?
This is for Daily Show overtime. Clearly, you're not gonna see this America. It's only on YouTube. YouTube will enjoy it. Back to my solo album. I do have a solo album that you can pre-save on Monday. I'm very excited about it. It's called Freedom, which is a big term nowadays. This is more about
Personal freedom and carving out time and following your dreams. And I was able to commit to this album. And I'm excited about it and satisfied. So there's one more pitch, one more plug. I love it. That was it. That was it. Thank you, Tim. Congratulations. I'm very, very excited for it. Thank you. Before I let you go, I have to ask you one final question. Do you ever get sick of grown women fangirling over you?
Not on the daily show, baby. You don't? Okay. I'm glad you said that. I'm glad you said that because... Oh! I would love for you to sign my pillow.
They smell like mothballs. No, this is fresh. It's good. I would run for you to sign. This is the pillow I'll be screaming into for the next four years. So I really appreciate you being here. Can I sign it to you specifically? Yes, you can. I would very much appreciate it. You sure it's not some other blockage? D-S-I. I know how to spell it. It was on the first marriage license. I don't know. All right. Thank you very much. Thank you.
Jingle Bell is now screaming for free on the Roku channel. Joey McIntyre!
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As you were giving your answer, I was thinking if anybody ever asked me to be a senator, which would never happen, I would be like, I'm too tired. I'm just too tired to do it. But you're clearly cut from a different gloss. If we've learned one thing from the last couple of weeks, don't be so quick to say you're not going to be picked for something if you work at Fox News. That's true.
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