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Sympthsical

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4. The late night shows became overtly partisan during Trump
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:14 AM
Jun 2021

They kind of stopped doing jokes at some point and just started talking about what an asshole he was. Which, fine. But aren't they supposed to be funny? They ceased being funny. It's kind of why Colbert started losing his shit at what Jon Stewart was saying the other night - he knew his audience wouldn't like it. So he tossed in a lazy Ron Johnson crack.

Knowing that they now cater to a more expressly partisan audience, they cannot leave TFG alone.

Biden can be made fun of. Woody Harrelson doing Biden on SNL was hilarious. I mean, c'mon, this is damn funny:



But late night got so lazy during Trump, it seems like they have no idea what to do. I stopped watching any of the shows early into Trump's term. I was already on edge about him most of the time. Tune in somewhere to be entertained and get to hear even more about him, and not even in an entertaining way? Hard pass.

It's why I never got into Samantha Bee. She was brilliant and funny on the Daily Show. On her show, it seems like she's just screaming in rage the entire time. It isn't funny.

Conan's the only one getting late night right, IMO. He knows the audience just wants to laugh. And he's sadly going away soon.
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