As we hurtle into a new year peppered with uncertainty can we pause, briefly, to smile.
Trevor Noah’s Emmy win at the 75th Annual Emmy Awards ceremony in the US is a welcome flutter of inspiration and distraction from the cacophony of political mudslinging over elections, the back-to-school scramble and a looming double-digit electricity price hike on the horizon.
After receiving 17 nominations over the past five years, Noah won an Emmy for Outstanding Talk Series with The Daily Show with Trevor Noah at the event on Monday in Los Angeles, California.
South Africans are doing great things around the world, and we should be proud of their achievements. Bravo. Well deserved.
Noah’s take on winning the Emmy was a lesson on what can be achieved through collaboration and acknowledging everybody’s contributions.
“Can I just say this — this story has been so long, has been so crazy, it’s been so wonderful. I start by thanking the crazy Africans who followed me to this country, David Kibuuka, Joseph Opio — thank you so much (director) David (Paul) Meyer my partner in crime,” he said after the win.
“And then the writers on the team, Roy Wood Jr, from the very beginning. Jordan Klepper’s flight got cancelled. Showrunner Jen Flanz — this woman rode with me through the trenches.”
Turning to Jon Stewart, his predecessor in 2015 on The Daily Show, he said: “Honestly, the person I always thank, cause he’s just a crazy genius for thinking of it ... Hey Jon Stewart, wherever you are, my friend — thank you for calling me up. Thank you for asking me to come and join you on this crazy journey. And thank you everybody else in this category. Thank you to these people ... we did it baby, we did it!”
As the holidays fade into hazy happy memories and the daily routine kicks in, let’s celebrate the good stuff.
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