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Nicole Conlon

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
219 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

I think everybody should listen to them.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

And it's about the Holmes brothers, and it is within the lore...

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

of Sherlock Holmes, but it is also about, like, Mycroft Holmes' wife and his footman who are from Trinidad.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

It is very, like, I would say true to the Sherlock Holmes canon, while also, like, introducing fun new stuff from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's perspective.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

And I think it's really good.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

And the reason this came up is we were talking about

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

somebody I don't remember if it was Trump or somebody in his cabinet did a racist accent although whenever Trump tries to do an impression of somebody this is the voice he does where it's like I don't know if you're trying to do a Chinese accent or yeah that was nothing yeah but somebody did an accent and we were trying to determine if it's like ever appropriate to like do a Chinese accent and I was like well in these audio books that I listen to the narrator is a black guy from England and there is a Chinese character who he gives a little

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

touch just a little soup song of an accent to that I think is very tastefully done.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

I think is like, if you're ever going to do it, it has to be at exactly the level that this guy nails.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

I think.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

Japanese is also like particularly tough for Americans, but white people in particular, because a lot of terms in Japanese are just the English word with a Japanese accent.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

So to do it right, it feels racist.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

So my friend Raleigh, who I don't know if you know him, he's the he has the Climate Town YouTube show.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

He also runs a billiards channel and he used to work for a billiards company in Japan.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

And so they flew him over one time.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

And he was playing pool with this guy who only spoke Japanese.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

And his translator was like, hey, I got to run to the bathroom.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

I have to like run out for a few minutes.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

I'll be right back.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
The Precap | Josh Johnson on Speedrunning the End of an Empire

And Raleigh was like, OK, no problem.