Sunday, April 2 – In his continuing
coverage of “Stupid Watergate” (the investigation into possible collusion
between Trump’s team and Russia,) John looked at the Devin Nunes craziness this
week, beautifully highlighting just how idiotic Nunes’s predicament is. He also touched on the UK’s breakup letter to
the EU and Britain’s forthcoming official withdrawal in 2019. The main story was on the trickiness of
marijuana laws, which was interesting to me because I knew very little about
it. It seems to be a case where internal
matters are changing much faster than external structures, so a lot of state
laws are now clashing with federal laws and resulting in situations where you
can still be arrested/fired/evicted/separated
from your kids over marijuana your state legally allows you to have – huge
mess. Finally, we got an update on
Bolivia’s “traffic zebras,” specifically Bolivia’s reaction to John’s earlier
piece. Very fun and super cute.
Monday, April 3 – Nice takedown of
Twitter’s default-avatar change failing to address harassment, with Trevor showing
that an egg and a human silhouette can both tell him to “go back to Africa.” With Trump’s announcement of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, the show recapped his numerous sexual assault/harassment
allegations before looking at the flipside with Mike Pence’s refusal to dine
alone with any woman besides his wife. I
loved Trevor’s comments about people who equate Islam with misogyny and yet
have no problem with Pence. I was
surprised Roy’s field piece on Black Twitter was pretty much, “What is Black
Twitter and why does it matter?”, but I still enjoyed it. The barbershop comparisons were fun, and I
appreciated the examples of how powerful it can be. The guest was Dr. Willie Parker, a pro-life-turned-pro-choice
doctor who discussed his views and his new book on the subject.
Tuesday, April 4 – Trevor opened on
Trump’s requirements for the wall – great joke on the “bad hombres” who’d be willing to dig a six-foot tunnel and no deeper. A new “Who is the Real President?”, with Jared Kushner taking the top slot. Trevor
listed Kushner’s insane number of tasks, from “making peace in the Middle East”
to “reforming the criminal justice system” – the bit about Kushner getting his
to-do list all jumbled up, ending with him inviting ISIS to Mar-a-Lago, was
great. There was a quick story on
Turkey’s upcoming election, where President Erdoğan hopes to elected
dictator. The Trump comparisons were
obvious from space, and I liked the joke asking how he keeps putting critics in
prison when he’s already jailed the judges and prosecutors. Trevor had fun with guest Chelsea Handler,
talking about the new season of her show and how not having a clothing line
allows her to say what she likes about Trump.
Wednesday, April 5 – Trevor ran with
Pepsi’s ad co-opting protest imagery, inserting product placement into images
of people like Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela.
Next was an amusing bit splicing footage of Sean Spicer’s press briefings
with a “kindergarten class,” to show how he treats grown professionals like
naughty children. It was amazing how
seamless it felt. After Trump blamed
Obama(?) for a chemical attack in Syria, I liked Trevor’s reflection about how he
wants someone to take action on the incredibly-delicate situations in the
Middle East, but desperately wants that person not to be Trump. Roy and
Hasan announced the Third Month Mania winner, going for irony points with, “Are
you allowed to impeach a president for gross incompetence?” I enjoyed the interview with Michelle Rodriguez. Trevor’s clearly a fan of the
Fast & Furious films, and you
could tell they both had fun talking about it.
Thursday, April 6 – This kicked off a
brief series of clip shows, one on each correspondent. Jordan was the feature here, and while he’s
my least favorite correspondent, they picked some good bits for him. It was a show featuring longer clips of fewer
pieces, giving us an edited-down version of his excellent “Good Guy with a Gun”
field report, cuts from several of his always-reliable Trump-rally field
pieces, a thing of him asking a group of white kids what effect only having a
Black president in their lifetimes has had on their psyches (the only only that
felt out of left field to me,) and the great interview he had with the reverend
from the RNC benediction, the one who blamed Clinton for her husband’s cheating
but not Trump for his own cheating. I wonder if Jordan gets tired of being the
only correspondent who can play the “white male privilege” angle; it was nice
that the episode didn’t spend the whole time on those sorts of pieces.
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