Hold Up with Dulcé Sloan & Josh Johnson from The Daily Show · Comedy Central

Still vs. Sparkling Water

April 6, 2023·39 min·3 clips

Dulcé Sloan erupts when a white woman rebrands agua fresca as 'spa water'.

Still water starts with a confession. Josh says he was drinking smart water, which gives Dulcé all the proof she needs that calm water wins. Sparkling water never really recovers. The debate has the feel of a tiny trial where hydration, taste, and personal branding have somehow been dragged onto the stand. Then the show bolts sideways. Dulcé brings back the running mall-daddy bit, and Josh treats it like a full movement with its own odd backstory. Staying on topic is not the game here. Every detour gets treated as more evidence about preference, habit, and how people clock each other in public. A restaurant memory takes over next. Dulcé remembers a Jamaican spot where newcomers had to learn the rules quickly, especially when the kitchen was already out of things. That turns into its own scene, with everyone watching one man try to process Chinese Jamaican while the room enjoys his confusion. Josh lands on the bigger joke: kids can get their ideas scrambled by accents and race before history and common sense catch up. The tangent keeps moving through Korean restaurants in Scotland and Australia, because cravings travel too. The water fight is still there, technically. It just gets buried under bubbles, restaurants, accents, efficiency, and people being everywhere. The hosts close with comedy dates in Atlanta, Nashville, Mobile, New Orleans, Van Rouge, San Diego, Springfield, Austin, and Boston.

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A simple drink question opens into a lively, wandering comedy exchange with real mileage.

This episode opens with a still-versus-sparkling question and quickly turns into a loose, fast-moving exchange between Josh Johnson and Dulce Sloan.

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