Monday, December 10 – Back to business as
usual! First up was an NBA card
unwittingly featuring the Menendez brothers in the crowd, the protests in
France and the U.K., and audio footage from Mars (I loved Trevor’s complaints
about the sound being altered: “Hey,
here’s what Mars doesn’t sound
like!”) Big story, of course, on John Kelly’s exit, featuring a list of possible replacements who don’t want the job
and a montage of Kelly’s world-weary expressions in the face of Trump. Newest Russian investigation update, with
Michael Cohen’s conviction. Trevor’s
bemusement over “Individual 1” was great, along with the contrast between the
heavy actual implications and Trump’s oblivious “Totally clears the President!”
tweet. Tatiana Maslany was the guest,
repping Destroyer (movie) and Network (play) and, as she will until
the end of time, answering the post-Orphan
Black question, “Is it boring to play just one character?”
Tuesday, December 11 – Good point on the
Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a case involving Planned Parenthood
confusing Brett Kavanaugh fans. Trump’s
move to make school lunches less healthy fits his MO of being a cartoon villain
just for the hell of it, and I laughed so hard at the Parliament footage of the
MP trying to remove a ceremonial scepter from the House of Commons to express
disgust at Brexit – what even was that?
Speaking of baffling things:
Trump fighting with Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi on TV about the border wall while Mike Pence sits silent and motionless in the background. I loved the joke about Schumer turning to
address the cameras like an Office character. Ronny did a piece on video game addiction,
complete with video-game rehab and someone comparing Fortnite to heroin. The
guest, Meek Mill, talked about his new album and the events that led him to
advocate for prison reform.
Wednesday, December 12 – So Michael Flynn
thinks he shouldn’t go to jail because no one told him not to lie to the FBI?
Hmm. Other opening blurbs
included the administration saving money on nuclear waste clean-up by not cleaning it up, Stormy Daniels being
forced to pay Trump’s legal fees in her lawsuit, and Google’s CEO being
questioned about “search-rigging” (like why Trump’s picture comes up when you
search for “idiot.”) Great story on art from Africa stolen by European colonizers; Trevor satisfyingly tore through all
the “it’s complicated” excuses from various museums about why they can’t give
them back. Neil Brennan stopped by to
praise a now-fired teacher for telling kids Santa isn’t real and offered up
other hard truths like “cleanse diets are pointless” and “Trump is gonna get
away with it.” Sadly, that could very
well be true. Nice interview with
Jennifer Lopez, talking Second Act
and just generally being cool.
Thursday, December 13 – Fun opening jokes on
hosting the Oscars (with Trevor pointing out how useless the gig is,) one man’s
mission to change the arrangement of the Holland Tunnel’s Christmas decorations,
Theresa May after her no-confidence vote, and billionaire(?) Trump evidently
regifting to his kids. Great update on
Michael Cohen/Trump’s hush money payments.
In particular, I loved Trevor’s take on the Trump loyalists saying, “even
if it is a campaign finance violation,
what’s the big deal?” The joke, “If
campaign finance laws don’t apply to politicians, then who are they for?!” was great,
and I loved the montage of Trump’s past claims of being the “law and order”
candidate. Two-guest night, the first
being Bob Woodward – I liked what he said about his experience writing his
latest book on Trump. The second,
Janelle Monáe, discussed the personal and professional importance of her album Dirty Computer.
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